See other conspecific taxa:

• Elymus trachycaulus subsp. subsecundus (0 accessions)
• Elymus trachycaulus subsp. trachycaulus (0 accessions)
• Elymus trachycaulus subsp. virescens (0 accessions)

Common names:

• slender wheatgrass  (Source: NRCS Cons Pl Mat) - English

Distributional Range:

Native

Northern America

• SUBARCTIC AMERICA: Canada, [Yukon] Greenland, United States [Alaska]
• EASTERN CANADA: Canada [Québec, Nova Scotia, Ontario, Prince Edward Island, New Brunswick, Newfoundland and Labrador]
• WESTERN CANADA: Canada [Saskatchewan, Alberta, Manitoba, British Columbia]
• NORTHEASTERN U.S.A.: United States [Connecticut, Indiana, Maine, Massachusetts, Michigan, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Vermont, West Virginia]
• NORTH-CENTRAL U.S.A.: United States [Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota, Wisconsin]
• NORTHWESTERN U.S.A.: United States [Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Washington, Wyoming]
• SOUTHEASTERN U.S.A.: United States [Arkansas, Kentucky, Maryland, North Carolina, Virginia]
• SOUTH-CENTRAL U.S.A.: United States [New Mexico, Texas]
• SOUTHWESTERN U.S.A.: United States [Arizona, California, Nevada, Utah]
• NORTHERN MEXICO: Mexico [Chihuahua, Coahuila de Zaragoza, Nuevo León, Tamaulipas, Baja California (Norte)]


Adventive

Europe

• EASTERN EUROPE: Russian Federation [Volgograd]

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Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2024. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN-Taxonomy).
National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland. URL: http://gringlobal.iita.org/gringlobal/taxonomydetail.aspx?id=102325. Accessed 18 May 2024.