Index / Search / Elymus lanceolatus
§1 Plant
Elymus lanceolatus (Scribn. & J.G. Sm.) Gould
vernacular thickspike wheatgrass — species · Poaceae
§2Habit & range
Habit and range
- Growth habit
- Graminoid
- Duration
- Perennial
- Group
- Monocot
- Family
- Poaceae Barnhart
- Genus
- Elymus
Native status, by region
- AK Alaska Native
- CAN Canada Native
- L48 Lower 48 States Native
County-level range
· 127 counties across 10 states/territories§3Cultivation
No cultivation specs.
USDA has not characterised this taxon. Roughly four out of five plants in the database lack the detailed cultivation record present here — typically because they have not been the focus of NRCS Plant Materials work. Range and distribution data are unaffected.
§4Counties, by state
Recorded in 127 counties across 10 states/territories.
Arizona view state ↗ 4 N ▾
Colorado view state ↗ 25 N ▾
- Baca 08009
- Boulder 08013
- Chaffee 08015
- Costilla 08023
- Douglas 08035
- Eagle 08037
- El Paso 08041
- Fremont 08043
- Gilpin 08047
- Grand 08049
- Huerfano 08055
- Jackson 08057
- Jefferson 08059
- Larimer 08069
- Logan 08075
- Moffat 08081
- Montrose 08085
- Otero 08089
- Park 08093
- Rio Blanco 08103
- Routt 08107
- Saguache 08109
- San Juan 08111
- Teller 08119
- Weld 08123
Idaho view state ↗ 27 N ▾
- Ada 16001
- Bannock 16005
- Bear Lake 16007
- Bingham 16011
- Blaine 16013
- Boise 16015
- Bonneville 16019
- Butte 16023
- Caribou 16029
- Cassia 16031
- Clark 16033
- Custer 16037
- Elmore 16039
- Franklin 16041
- Fremont 16043
- Jefferson 16051
- Jerome 16053
- Lemhi 16059
- Lincoln 16063
- Minidoka 16067
- Nez Perce 16069
- Oneida 16071
- Owyhee 16073
- Power 16077
- Teton 16081
- Twin Falls 16083
- Washington 16087
Michigan view state ↗ 18 N ▾
Nebraska view state ↗ 4 N ▾
New Mexico view state ↗ 9 N ▾
North Dakota view state ↗ 19 N ▾
South Dakota view state ↗ 5 N ▾
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/ELLA3 ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/5290325 ↗Record version
Cached and built locally. Source version on this record:
usda-plants-mt-2026-05-26
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