Leymus condensatus
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Clade: | Commelinids |
| Order: | Poales |
| Family: | Poaceae |
| Subfamily: | Pooideae |
| Genus: | Leymus |
| Species: | L. condensatus
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Aneurolepidium condensatum | |
Leymus condensatus, the giant wildrye, is a wild rye grass native to eastern Oregon, California and northern Mexico.
Description
[edit]Leymus condensatus also commonly referred to as [2]Canyon Prince is a type of wild rye that is part of the Poaceae (Grass Family). It grows in bunches or clumps, a bunch grass, stays green all year, and has a distinctive silver blue foliage. It is drought tolerant, growing in coastal sage scrub, chaparral, the California oak woodlands of southern oak woodland and foothill woodland, and Joshua tree woodlands, rarely in wetlands. It often hybridizes with Leymus triticoides, producing the common hybrid grass Leymus x multiflorus. The plant's leaves and seeds are often consumed by both mammals and birds.
References
[edit]- ^ "NatureServe Explorer". NatureServe Explorer Leymus condensatus. NatureServe. 2022. Retrieved 22 May 2022.
- ^ "Leymus condensatus 'Canyon Prince' - Plant Finder". www.missouribotanicalgarden.org. Retrieved 2022-10-28.
External links
[edit]- Giant Wild Rye Data Sheet (Leymus Condensatus 'Canyon Prince')
- Jepson Manual Treatment: Leymus condensatus
- USDA Plants Profile: Leymus condensatus
- Grass Manual Treatment: Leymus condensatus
- Leymus condensatus — Photo gallery
- Calflora
- NatureServe vulnerable species
- Leymus
- Bunchgrasses of North America
- Native grasses of California
- Grasses of Mexico
- Flora of Baja California
- Flora of the California desert regions
- Natural history of the California chaparral and woodlands
- Natural history of the California Coast Ranges
- Natural history of the Channel Islands of California
- Natural history of the Mojave Desert
- Natural history of the Peninsular Ranges
- Natural history of the San Francisco Bay Area
- Natural history of the Santa Monica Mountains
- Natural history of the Transverse Ranges
- Plants described in 1830
- Garden plants of North America
- Drought-tolerant plants
- Ornamental grass
- Pooideae stubs