Leymus arenarius

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• Common Names
• Description
• Biology
• Taxonomy
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• Further Reading
• Notes

Interesting Facts

Common Names

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Description

Physical Description

Landscaping

Care: Follow a regular watering schedule during the first growing season to establish a deep, extensive root system . As a ground cover, space plants 2` to 3` apart, (closer for faster coverage). Control weeds with mulch until the plants cover the area.

Habitat

Typically found in the intertidal zone at the water's edge at a mean distance from sea level of 271 meters (890 feet).[1]

Biome: Coastal.

Biology

Growth

Culture: Space 36-48" apart.

Sunlight: Sun Exposure: Full Sun .

Moisture: Drought Tolerance: High • Water Requirements: Once established needs only occasional water.

Temperature: Heat Zones: High: 9 (>120 to 150 days) Low:1 (< 1 days) (map) • Cold Hardiness: 4a, 4b, 5a, 5b, 6a, 6b, 7a, 7b, 8a, 8b, 9a, 9b. (map)

Taxonomy

Synonyms

Elymus arenarius L. • Elymus arenarius var. simulans (Bowden) Boivin • Elymus maltei var. brownii Bowden • Elymus maltei var. churchii Bowden • Elymus maltei var. simulans Bowden • Terrelymus maltei (Bowden) Baum

Notes

Name Status: Accepted Name .

Last scrutiny: 15-Mar-2000

Similar Species

Members of the genus Leymus

ZipcodeZoo has pages for 30 species, subspecies, varieties, forms, and cultivars in this genus:

L. ambiguus (Colorado Wildrye) · L. angustus (Altai Wild Rye) · L. arenarius (Blue Dune Lyme Grass) · L. arenarius 'Blue Dune' (Blue Dune Beach Wild Rye) · L. arenarius 'Glaucus' (Blue Lyme Grass) · L. cinereus (Ashy Wild Rye) · L. condensatus (Giant Wild Rye) · L. condensatus 'Canyon Prince' (Giant Wild Rye) · L. flavescens (Sand Wildrye) · L. innovatus (Downy Ryegrass) · L. mollis (American Dunegrass) · L. mollis mollis (American Dunegrass) · L. mollis villosissimus (American Dunegrass) · L. multicaulis (Manystem Wildrye) · L. multiflorus (Multiflowered Wildrye) · L. pacificus (Pacific Wildrye) · L. racemosus (Mammoth Wildrye) · L. racemosus racemosus (Mammoth Wildrye) · L. racemosus sabulosus (Mammoth Wildrye) · L. salinus (Salina Wildrye) · L. salinus mojavensis (Mojave Wildrye) · L. salinus salinus (Salina Wildrye) · L. salinus salmonis (Saline Wildrye) · L. secalinus (Wildrye) · L. simplex (Alkali Wildrye) · L. triticoides (Beardless Lyme Grass) · L. vancouverensis (Vancouver Wildrye) · L. x (Multiflowered Wildrye) · L. x multiflorus (Multiflowered Wildrye) · L. x vancouverensis (Vancouver Wildrye)

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Further Reading

• Budd's flora of the Canadian Prairie Provinces / [Ottawa]: Research Branch, Agriculture Canada, 1987. url p. 804.
• Contributions from the United States National Herbarium 48 2003 Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Press, 1890- url p. 282, p. 422, p. 423, p. 424, p. 678, p. 696.
• Flora of the U.S.S.R. 2 1934 [Springfield, Va.: Israel Program for Scientific Translations; 1968- url p. 553.
• The Entomologist's record and journal of variation. s.l., s.n. url p. 331.

Notes

Contributors

• Bisby, F.A., Y.R. Roskov, M.A. Ruggiero, T.M. Orrell, L.E. Paglinawan, P.W. Brewer, N. Bailly, J. van Hertum, eds (2007). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2007 Annual Checklist. Species 2000: Reading, U.K.
• Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 10, 2012.
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed December 01, 2007. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from 8 providers.
• Ruggiero M., Gordon D., Bailly N., Kirk P., Nicolson D. (2011). The Catalogue of Life Taxonomic Classification, Edition 2, Part A. In: Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2011 Annual Checklist (Bisby F.A., Roskov Y.R., Orrell T.M., Nicolson D., Paglinawan L.E., Bailly N., Kirk P.M., Bourgoin T., Baillargeon G., Ouvrard D., eds). DVD; Species 2000: Reading, UK.
• USDA, ARS, National Genetic Resources Program. Germplasm Resources Information Network - (GRIN) [Online Database]. National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland. URL (April 27, 2008)

Data Sources

Accessed through GBIF Data Portal November 25, 2007:

• Jyväskylä University Museum - The Section of Natural Sciences, Vascular plant collection of Jyvaskyla University Museum
• Missouri Botanical Garden, Missouri Botanical Garden
• Natural History Museum, University of Oslo, Vascular Plant Herbarium, Oslo
• Natural History Museum, University of Oslo, Vascular Plants, Field notes, Oslo
• The Danish Biodiversity Information Facility, Botany registration database by Danish botanists
• The Swedish Museum of Natural History
• , Botany
• The Swedish Museum of Natural History
• , Herbarium of Oskarshamn
• The Swedish Museum of Natural History
• , Lund Botanical Museum
• The Swedish Museum of Natural History
• , Plants
• UK National Biodiversity Network, Environment and Heritage Service - EHS Species Datasets

Identifiers

• Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 2667829
• Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ITS-503432
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 2972595
• Globally Unique Identifier: urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:407309-1
• GRIN Nomen Number: 102161
• Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 503432
• Natural Heritage Network Species Identifier: PMPOA6P020
• U.S.D.A. Plant Symbol: ELAR
• Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 36993

Footnotes

1. Standard Deviation = 495.950 based on 57,567 observations. Terrestrial altitude and ocean depth information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre. [back]

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