See other conspecific taxa:

• Elymus virginicus var. halophilus (0 accessions)
• Elymus virginicus var. intermedius (0 accessions)
• Elymus virginicus var. jejunus (0 accessions)
• Elymus virginicus var. virginicus (0 accessions)

Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations:

(≡ homotypic synonym, = heterotypic synonym, - autonym, I invalid designation)

• (=) Elymus carolinianus Walter
• (=) Elymus hirsutiglumis Scribn.

Common names:

• Virginia wild rye  (Source: Grass US) - English
• élyme de Virginie  (Source: F NAmer) - French

Economic Importance:

• Animal food: forage; forage (fide NRCS Cons Pl Mat 2002)
• Environmental: revegetator (for riparian areas and prairies) shade/shelter (for riparian areas and prairies) shade/shelter (for riparian areas and prairies)

Distributional Range:

Native

Northern America

• EASTERN CANADA: Canada [Québec (s.), Nova Scotia, Ontario, Prince Edward Island, New Brunswick, Newfoundland and Labrador]
• WESTERN CANADA: Canada [Saskatchewan (s.), Alberta (s.), Manitoba (s.), British Columbia (s.e.)]
• NORTHEASTERN U.S.A.: United States [Connecticut, Indiana, Maine, Massachusetts, Michigan, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont, West Virginia]
• NORTH-CENTRAL U.S.A.: United States [Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, Oklahoma, South Dakota, Wisconsin]
• NORTHWESTERN U.S.A.: United States [Colorado, Montana, Wyoming]
• SOUTHEASTERN U.S.A.: United States [Alabama, Arkansas, Delaware, Florida (n.), Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia]
• SOUTH-CENTRAL U.S.A.: United States [New Mexico, Texas]
• SOUTHWESTERN U.S.A.: United States [Arizona, Utah (n.)]


Cultivated (also cult.)

References:

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2. Campbell, J. J. N. 1996. (1209) Proposal to conserve the name Elymus virginicus (Poaceae) with a conserved type. Taxon 45:128-129.
3. Correll, D. S. & M. C. Johnston. 1970. Manual of the vascular plants of Texas
4. Cronquist, A. et al. 1972-. Intermountain flora.
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12. Löve, Á. 1984. Conspectus of the Triticeae. Feddes Repert. 95:452.
13. Martin, W. C. & C. R. Hutchins. 1980. A flora of New Mexico.
14. Mason-Gamer, R. J. et al. 2002. Phylogenetic analysis of North American Elymus and the monogenomic Triticeae (Poaceae) using three chloroplast DNA data sets. Genome 45:991-1002. Note: this study cited two USDA accessions (PI 436945 & PI 490361)
15. McGregor, R. L. et al. (The Great Plains Flora Association). 1986. Flora of the Great Plains.
16. Ohio Flora Committee (E. L. Braun, T. S. Cooperrider, T. R. Fisher, J. J. Furlow). 1967-. The vascular flora of Ohio.
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20. Wang, R. R.-C. 2011. Chapter 2. Agropyron and Psathyrostachys. Wild crop relatives: genomic and breeding resources, cereals 77-108. Note: this review mentioned the diversity of genome constitution in Triticeae, all types found in Elymus able to cross with wheat
21. Wang, X.-L. et al. 2011. Phylogeny of the StH genome species in Triticeae (Poaceae): Evidence from chloroplast trnL-F and mitochondria COXII intron sequences. Biochem. Syst. & Ecol. 39:758-765. Note: this study cited one USDA accession (PI 490361)
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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=15075. Accessed 18 May 2024.