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Elymus
glaucus
Buckley
Published In:
Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 14: 99–100. 1862. (27 May 1862) (
Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia
)
Project Name Data
(Last Modified On 11/15/2016)
Acceptance :
Accepted
Project Data
(Last Modified On 6/19/2018)
GROWTH: Lifespan:
Perennial
Life form:
Herbaceous
Plant habit:
Decumbent, Erect, Tufted
Stem consistency:
Firm
Stem height (cm):
50 to 100
Floral and plant sex:
Hermaphroditic/bisexual flowers
Inflorescence position:
Terminal
POACEAE Spikelet density:
Contiguous
POACEAE Spikelet length (mm):
10 to 20
POACEAE Number of spikelets (comprising fertile florets):
3 to 5
POACEAE Fruiting spikelets (abscission) [mandatory]:
Breaking up at maturity
POACEAE Fruiting Spikelets (secondary abscission):
Without secondary abscission
POACEAE Seed: Caryopsis with (type of pericarp):
Adherent pericarp
Human edible:
Fruits, Seeds
Details: Economic use:
Grains eaten (Couplan 1998; Moerman 1998). Grains are cooked or ground into flour that can be used to make bread (Yanovsky 1936; Tanaka 1976. Plants are grazed by deer, antelope, and buffalo (Ebeling 1986)
References:
Clayton, W. D., M. S. Vorontsova, K. T. Harman & C. S. Williamson. 2002 +. GrassBase - World Grass Species: Descriptions, Identification, and Information Retrieval.
Couplan. 1998. Encyclopedia of Edible Plants of North America Keats Publishing, New Canaan, Connecticut.
Moerman, D. E. 1998. Native American Ethnobotany Timber Press, Portland.
Yanovsky. 1936. Food plants of the N. American Indians. Publication no. 237. U.S. Dept of Agriculture. 237:.
Tanaka, T. 1976. Tanaka's cyclopaedia of edible plants of the world. Keigaku Publishing.
Ebeling. 1986. Handbook of Indian foods and fibers of arid America. University of California Press.
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