Index / Search / Elymus trachycaulus ssp. trachycaulus
§1 Plant
Elymus trachycaulus (Link) Gould ex Shinners ssp. trachycaulus
vernacular slender wheatgrass — subspecies · 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
- L48 Lower 48 States Native
- SPM St. Pierre & Miquelon Native
§2b
County-level range
· 213 counties across 20 states/territories§3Cultivation specs · USDA
Recorded by the USDA Plant Materials Program.
§3a
Tolerances
- Drought
- High
- Shade
- High
- Moisture use
- Medium
- Fire
- High
- Salinity
- Medium
- Anaerobic
- Low
- CaCO₃
- Medium
- Hedging
- None
§3b
Climate & soil
- Cold tolerance
- -38 °F minimum
- Frost-free days
- 90 min.
- Precipitation
- 8–25 in/yr
- pH range
- 5.6–9
- Root depth
- 16 in min.
- Fertility need
- Medium
- Soil texture
- medium, fine
§3c
Form & growth
- Growth form
- Bunch
- Growth rate
- Rapid
- Lifespan
- Moderate
- Mature height
- 3 ft
- Foliage texture
- Medium
- Foliage colour
- Green
- Porosity (summer)
- Dense
- Porosity (winter)
- Porous
- Flower colour
- Yellow
- Fruit colour
- Brown
- Fire resistant
- No
- N fixation
- None
- Toxicity
- None
§3d
Reproduction
- Bloom period
- Late Spring
- Seed abundance
- High
- Seed begins
- Spring
- Seed ends
- Summer
- Spread rate
- Slow
- Stratify
- No
- Seeds / lb
- 135,000
- Propagation
- seed
§3e
Use & availability
- Commercial availability
- Routinely Available
- Nursery stock
- No
- Browse palatability
- High
- Graze palatability
- High
- Palatable, human
- No
- Protein potential
- Medium
- Lumber
- No
- Christmas tree
- No
§4Counties, by state
Recorded in 213 counties across 20 states/territories.
Alaska view state ↗ 16 N ▾
- Anchorage 02020
- Bethel 02050
- Chugach 02063
- Copper River 02066
- Denali 02068
- Dillingham 02070
- Fairbanks North Star 02090
- Haines 02100
- Kenai Peninsula 02122
- Kodiak Island 02150
- Lake and Peninsula 02164
- Matanuska-Susitna 02170
- North Slope 02185
- Northwest Arctic 02188
- Southeast Fairbanks 02240
- Yukon-Koyukuk 02290
Arizona view state ↗ 10 N ▾
Illinois view state ↗ 6 N ▾
Indiana view state ↗ 8 N ▾
Kansas view state ↗ 2 N ▾
Maine view state ↗ 15 N ▾
Massachusetts view state ↗ 6 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 ↗ 2 N ▾
Montana view state ↗ 2 N ▾
New Hampshire view state ↗ 7 N ▾
New Jersey view state ↗ 2 N ▾
New Mexico view state ↗ 17 N ▾
New York view state ↗ 16 N ▾
North Carolina view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Ohio view state ↗ 8 N ▾
South Dakota view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Vermont view state ↗ 12 N ▾
Virginia view state ↗ 8 N ▾
Wisconsin view state ↗ 25 N ▾
- Ashland 55003
- Bayfield 55007
- Burnett 55013
- Chippewa 55017
- Clark 55019
- Dane 55025
- Door 55029
- Douglas 55031
- Eau Claire 55035
- Forest 55041
- Langlade 55067
- Milwaukee 55079
- Oconto 55083
- Polk 55095
- Portage 55097
- Price 55099
- Rock 55105
- Rusk 55107
- Shawano 55115
- Walworth 55127
- Washburn 55129
- Washington 55131
- Waukesha 55133
- Winnebago 55139
- Wood 55141
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/ELTRT ↗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:
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