Common names:

• eastern riverbank wild rye  (Source: F NAmer) - English
• élyme des rivages  (Source: F NAmer) - French

Distributional Range:

Native

Northern America

• EASTERN CANADA: Canada [Québec (s.), Ontario (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, Minnesota (s.e.), Missouri, Wisconsin]
• SOUTHEASTERN U.S.A.: United States [Arkansas, Delaware, Georgia (n.), Kentucky, Maryland, Mississippi (n.), North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia]
• NORTHERN MEXICO: Mexico [Durango]

References:

1. Barkworth, M. E. & D. R. Dewey. 1985. Genomically based genera in the perennial Triticeae of North America: identification and membership. Amer. J. Bot. 72:767-776.
2. FNA Editorial Committee. 1993-. Flora of North America.
3. Herrera-Arrieta, Y. 2001. Las Gramíneus de Durango
4. Soreng, R. J. et al. 2003. Catalogue of New World grasses (Poaceae): IV. Subfamily Pooideae. Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 48:297.
5. 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=454264. Accessed 18 May 2024.