See other conspecific taxa:

• Elymus lanceolatus subsp. lanceolatus (0 accessions)
• Elymus lanceolatus subsp. psammophilus (0 accessions)
• Elymus lanceolatus subsp. riparius (0 accessions)

Common names:

• streamside wheatgrass  (Source: L New Mex) - English
• thick-spike wheatgrass  (Source: Mansf Ency) - English

Distributional Range:

Native

Northern America

• SUBARCTIC AMERICA: Canada, [Yukon] United States [Alaska]
• EASTERN CANADA: Canada [Ontario]
• WESTERN CANADA: Canada [Saskatchewan, Alberta, Manitoba, British Columbia]
• NORTHEASTERN U.S.A.: United States [Michigan]
• NORTH-CENTRAL U.S.A.: United States [Illinois, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota, Wisconsin]
• NORTHWESTERN U.S.A.: United States [Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Washington, Wyoming]
• SOUTH-CENTRAL U.S.A.: United States [New Mexico]
• SOUTHWESTERN U.S.A.: United States [Arizona, California, Nevada, Utah]

References:

1. Allred, Kelly W. 2008. Flora Neomexicana I: The vascular plants of New Mexico, an annotated checklist to the names of vascular plants with synonymy and bibliography.
2. Barkworth, M. E. & D. R. Dewey. 1985. Genomically based genera in the perennial Triticeae of North America: identification and membership. Amer. J. Bot. 72:768.
3. Cronquist, A. et al. 1972-. Intermountain flora. Note: = Agropyron dasystachyum
4. Hanelt, P., ed. 2001. Mansfeld's encyclopedia of agricultural and horticultural crops. Volumes 1-6 5:2542.
5. Hickman, J. C., ed. 1993. The Jepson manual: higher plants of California
6. Hitchcock, A. S. 1950. Manual of the grasses of the United States, ed. 2. Note: = Agropyron dasystachyum
7. Hitchcock, C. L. et al. 1955-1969. Vascular plants of the Pacific Northwest. Note: = Agropyron dasystachyum (Hook.) Scribner
8. Kartesz, J. T. 1994. A synonymized checklist of the vascular flora of the United States, Canada, and Greenland. Note: with three subspecies
9. Larson, S. R. et al. 2003. Amplified fragment length polymorphism in Elymus elymoides, Elymus multisetus, and other Elymus taxa. Canad. J. Bot. 81:789-804. Note: this study included three USDA accessions (PI 387883, PI 387886, PI 531623)
10. 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 included one USDA accession (PI 531623)
11. Okito, P. et al. 2009. A Y genome specific STS marker in Pseudoroegneria and Elymus species (Triticeae: Gramineae). Genome 52:391-400. Note: this study include one USDA accession (PI 469235); Elymus lanceolatus was recognized as a tetraploid with StH genome
12. Scoggan, H. J. 1978-1979. The flora of Canada, 4 vol.
13. Soreng, R. J. et al. 2003. Catalogue of New World grasses (Poaceae): IV. Subfamily Pooideae. Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 48:292. Note: with two subspecies
14. 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

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=314093. Accessed 18 May 2024.