Index / Search / Elymus trachycaulus
§1 Plant
Elymus trachycaulus (Link) Gould ex Shinners
vernacular slender wheatgrass — species · Poaceae
§2Habit & range
Habit and range
- Growth habit
- Graminoid
- Duration
- Perennial
- Group
- Monocot
- Family
- Poaceae Barnhart
- Genus
- Elymus
§2a
Native status, by region
- AK Alaska Native
- CAN Canada Native
- GL Greenland Native
- L48 Lower 48 States Native
- SPM St. Pierre & Miquelon Native
§2b
County-level range
· 309 counties across 20 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 309 counties across 20 states/territories.
Alaska view state ↗ 19 N ▾
- Aleutians East 02013
- Anchorage 02020
- Bethel 02050
- Chugach 02063
- Copper River 02066
- Denali 02068
- Dillingham 02070
- Fairbanks North Star 02090
- Haines 02100
- Juneau 02110
- Kenai Peninsula 02122
- Kodiak Island 02150
- Lake and Peninsula 02164
- Matanuska-Susitna 02170
- Nome 02180
- North Slope 02185
- Northwest Arctic 02188
- Southeast Fairbanks 02240
- Yukon-Koyukuk 02290
Arizona view state ↗ 10 N ▾
Illinois view state ↗ 8 N ▾
Indiana view state ↗ 9 N ▾
Iowa view state ↗ 27 N ▾
- Boone 19015
- Buena Vista 19021
- Calhoun 19025
- Carroll 19027
- Cherokee 19035
- Clay 19041
- Crawford 19047
- Dickinson 19059
- Emmet 19063
- Hamilton 19079
- Hancock 19081
- Hardin 19083
- Humboldt 19091
- Jackson 19097
- Kossuth 19109
- Lyon 19119
- O'Brien 19141
- Osceola 19143
- Palo Alto 19147
- Pocahontas 19151
- Sioux 19167
- Story 19169
- Union 19175
- Webster 19187
- Winnebago 19189
- Winneshiek 19191
- Wright 19197
Kansas view state ↗ 4 N ▾
Kentucky view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Maine view state ↗ 15 N ▾
Massachusetts view state ↗ 8 N ▾
Michigan view state ↗ 49 N ▾
- Alcona 26001
- Alger 26003
- Allegan 26005
- Alpena 26007
- Arenac 26011
- Baraga 26013
- Bay 26017
- Berrien 26021
- Calhoun 26025
- Charlevoix 26029
- Cheboygan 26031
- Chippewa 26033
- Clare 26035
- Clinton 26037
- Crawford 26039
- Delta 26041
- Emmet 26047
- Gogebic 26053
- Grand Traverse 26055
- Gratiot 26057
- Houghton 26061
- Huron 26063
- Ingham 26065
- Iosco 26069
- Jackson 26075
- Kalamazoo 26077
- Kent 26081
- Keweenaw 26083
- Lake 26085
- Leelanau 26089
- Lenawee 26091
- Livingston 26093
- Luce 26095
- Mackinac 26097
- Macomb 26099
- Manistee 26101
- Marquette 26103
- Midland 26111
- Missaukee 26113
- Montmorency 26119
- Muskegon 26121
- Newaygo 26123
- Oakland 26125
- Presque Isle 26141
- Roscommon 26143
- Schoolcraft 26153
- St. Clair 26147
- Washtenaw 26161
- Wayne 26163
Minnesota view state ↗ 54 N ▾
- Aitkin 27001
- Anoka 27003
- Becker 27005
- Beltrami 27007
- Benton 27009
- Blue Earth 27013
- Brown 27015
- Carlton 27017
- Cass 27021
- Chippewa 27023
- Clay 27027
- Clearwater 27029
- Cook 27031
- Cottonwood 27033
- Crow Wing 27035
- Dakota 27037
- Douglas 27041
- Faribault 27043
- Hennepin 27053
- Houston 27055
- Hubbard 27057
- Itasca 27061
- Jackson 27063
- Kanabec 27065
- Kandiyohi 27067
- Kittson 27069
- Koochiching 27071
- Lac qui Parle 27073
- Lake 27075
- Lake of the Woods 27077
- Le Sueur 27079
- Lincoln 27081
- Lyon 27083
- Mahnomen 27087
- McLeod 27085
- Meeker 27093
- Mille Lacs 27095
- Morrison 27097
- Nobles 27105
- Norman 27107
- Olmsted 27109
- Otter Tail 27111
- Pipestone 27117
- Polk 27119
- Pope 27121
- Ramsey 27123
- Roseau 27135
- St. Louis 27137
- Stearns 27145
- Traverse 27155
- Wadena 27159
- Washington 27163
- Wilkin 27167
- Winona 27169
Montana view state ↗ 22 N ▾
- Big Horn 30003
- Blaine 30005
- Carter 30011
- Custer 30017
- Dawson 30021
- Fallon 30025
- Fergus 30027
- Golden Valley 30037
- McCone 30055
- Park 30067
- Petroleum 30069
- Phillips 30071
- Powder River 30075
- Prairie 30079
- Richland 30083
- Rosebud 30087
- Sheridan 30091
- Teton 30099
- Treasure 30103
- Valley 30105
- Wibaux 30109
- Yellowstone 30111
New Hampshire view state ↗ 7 N ▾
New Jersey view state ↗ 2 N ▾
New York view state ↗ 36 N ▾
- Albany 36001
- Allegany 36003
- Cattaraugus 36009
- Chemung 36015
- Clinton 36019
- Columbia 36021
- Cortland 36023
- Delaware 36025
- Dutchess 36027
- Erie 36029
- Essex 36031
- Franklin 36033
- Fulton 36035
- Genesee 36037
- Greene 36039
- Hamilton 36041
- Jefferson 36045
- Monroe 36055
- Niagara 36063
- Orange 36071
- Rensselaer 36083
- Saratoga 36091
- Schenectady 36093
- Schoharie 36095
- Seneca 36099
- St. Lawrence 36089
- Steuben 36101
- Sullivan 36105
- Tioga 36107
- Tompkins 36109
- Ulster 36111
- Warren 36113
- Washington 36115
- Wayne 36117
- Westchester 36119
- Yates 36123
North Carolina view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Pennsylvania view state ↗ 9 N ▾
Vermont view state ↗ 12 N ▾
Virginia view state ↗ 8 N ▾
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/ELTR7 ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/4104489 ↗Record version
Cached and built locally. Source version on this record:
usda-plants-mt-2026-05-26
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