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Elymus
elymoides
(Raf.) Swezey
Published In:
Doane College Natural History Studies 1: 155. 1891. (
Doane Coll. Nat. Hist. Stud.
)
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
Stem consistency:
Firm
Stem height (cm):
10 to 50
Floral and plant sex:
Hermaphroditic/bisexual flowers
Inflorescence position:
Terminal
POACEAE Spikelet density:
Contiguous
POACEAE Spikelet length (mm):
6 to 10
POACEAE Number of spikelets (comprising fertile florets):
1 to 2
POACEAE Fruiting spikelets (abscission) [mandatory]:
Falling entire
POACEAE Fruiting Spikelets (secondary abscission):
Readily shedding fertile florets
ECONOMIC USE: Domestic animal edible:
Fodder
Details: Economic use:
Young plants used as fodder (Moerman 1998). In California (Potter Valley Pomo) seeds were used for pinole considered second quality after wild oats (Welch 2013).
References:
Clayton, W. D., M. S. Vorontsova, K. T. Harman & C. S. Williamson. 2002 +. GrassBase - World Grass Species: Descriptions, Identification, and Information Retrieval.
Moerman, D. E. 1998. Native American Ethnobotany Timber Press, Portland.
Welch. 2013. Sprouting valley historical ethnobotany of the northern pomo from Potter Valley, California.