Family: Poaceae
Author: (Hornem.) J.Feilberg
Bibliography: Meddel. Grønland, Biosci. 15: 12 (1984)
Year: 1984
Status: accepted
Rank: species
Genus: Elymus
Vegetable: False
Observations: E. Siberia to Russian Far East, N. America
Description
Slender wheatgrass, known scientifically as Elymus violaceus, is a notable member of the Poaceae family. This grass species is predominantly found in the vast expanses ranging from Eastern Siberia to the Russian Far East and stretches across Northern America.
Distributed in diverse and often harsh climates, Slender wheatgrass is adapted to thrive in a variety of environments. The species’ resilience to such conditions makes it a valuable plant in ecological conservation and habitat restoration efforts.
Historically, Elymus violaceus has been referenced in scientific literature for several decades. One of the key bibliographic references for this species is Meddel. Grønland, Biosci. 15: 12 (1984), authored by J. Feilberg and denoted by the botanical authority Hornem. This publication provides a comprehensive overview of the species’ characteristics and its ecological significance.
The adaptability and robust nature of Slender wheatgrass ensure its presence in various terrains, playing an essential role in soil stabilization and offering valuable forage for wildlife. Its scientific recognition and continued study underscore the importance of this grass species within the broader context of botanical and ecological research.
Common Names
Eng: arctic wheatgrass, high wildrye, arctic wildrye, broad-glumed wheatgrass, violet wheatgrass
En: Slender wheatgrass, SLENDER WILD RYE, Slender wheat grass, Slender wildrye, Western wheatgrass
Da: Slank hundekvik
Fr: Élyme à chaumes rudes, Agropyre à chaumes rudes, Agropyron à chaumes rudes
Sv: Indianelm/smalelm, Smalelm
Fra: élyme latiglume, élyme à glumes larges
Synonyms
- Agropyron pauciflorum ((Schwein.) Hitchc.)
- Elymus pauciflorus ((Schwein.) Gould)
- Elymus sierrae (Gould)
- Agropyron trachycaulum var. ciliatum ((Scribn. & J.G.Sm.) Malte)
- Agropyron violaceum var. virescens (Lange)
- Triticum caninum var. violaceum ((Hornem.) Laest.)
- Elymus trachycaulus var. violaceus ((Hornem.) S.L.Welsh)
- Agropyron caninum f. violacescens (Ramaley)
- Triticum subsecundum (Link)
- Roegneria trachycaulon ((Link) Nevski)
- Elymus charkeviczii (Prob.)
- Elymus trachycaulus subsp. stefanssonii ((Melderis) Á.Löve & D.Löve)
- Elymus trachycaulus var. major ((Vasey) Beetle)
- Agropyron caninum f. fernaldii (Pease & A.H.Moore)
- Elymus subsecundus ((Link) Á.Löve & D.Löve)
- Elymus kamczadalorum ((Nevski) Tzvelev)
- Agropyron richardsonii var. ciliatum (Scribn. & J.G.Sm.)
- Agropyron tenerum subsp. magnum ((Scribn. & J.G.Sm.) Piper)
- Agropyron trachycaulum var. caerulescens (Malte)
- Zeia tenera ((Vasey) Lunell)
- Agropyron violaceum var. majus (Vasey)
- Agropyron trachycaulum var. trichocoleum (Malte)
- Agropyron tenerum var. novae-angliae ((Scribn.) Farw.)
- Elymus violaceus subsp. latiglumis ((Scribn. & J.G.Sm.) Tzvelev)
- Agropyron novae-angliae (Scribn.)
- Elymus trachycaulus subsp. andinus ((Scribn. & J.G.Sm.) Á.Löve & D.Löve)
- Agropyron andinum ((Scribn. & J.G.Sm.) Rydb.)
- Agropyron atbassaricum (Golosk.)
- Agropyron caninum subsp. majus ((Vasey) C.L.Hitchc.)
- Crithopyrum trachycaulon (Steud.)
- Agropyron latiglume ((Scribn. & J.G.Sm.) Rydb.)
- Agropyron trachycaulon (Steud.)
- Elymus trachycaulus subsp. teslinensis ((A.E.Porsild & Senn) Á.Löve)
- Roegneria doniana var. stefanssonii (Melderis)
- Agropyron pauciflorum subsp. teslinense ((A.E.Porsild & Senn) Melderis)
- Agropyron violaceum subsp. andinum ((Scribn. & J.G.Sm.) Melderis)
- Agropyron tenerum var. ciliatum (Scribn. & J.G.Sm.)
- Elymus trachycaulus var. andinus ((Scribn. & J.G.Sm.) Dorn)
- Triticum richardsonii (Schrad.)
- Agropyron trachycaulum var. majus ((Vasey) Fernald)
- Agropyron subsecundum var. andinum ((Scribn. & J.G.Sm.) Hitchc.)
- Triticum repens var. violaceum ((Hornem.) Hartm.)
- Agropyron trachycaulum var. glaucescens (Malte)
- Roegneria violacea ((Hornem.) Melderis)
- Agropyron trachycaulum f. ciliatum ((Scribn. & J.G.Sm.) Gleason)
- Agropyron brevifolium (Scribn.)
- Agropyron violaceum f. caninoides (Ramaley)
- Triticum repens var. tenerum (Vasey)
- Agropyron trachycaulum f. andinum ((Scribn. & J.G.Sm.) Beetle)
- Elymus trachycaulus var. latiglumis ((Scribn. & J.G.Sm.) Beetle)
- Elymus trachycaulus subsp. subsecundus ((Link) Á.Löve & D.Löve)
- Agropyron caninum f. pringlei ((Scribn. & J.G.Sm.) Pease & A.H.Moore)
- Elymus novae-angliae ((Scribn.) Tzvelev)
- Agropyron caninum var. mitchellii (S.L.Welsh)
- Triticum violaceum (Hornem.)
- Agropyron teslinense (A.E.Porsild & Senn)
- Agropyron biflorum var. hornemannii (B.Fedtsch.)
- Roegneria kamczadalorum (Nevski)
- Zeia richardsonii ((Schrad.) Lunell)
- Agropyron violaceum ((Hornem.) Lange)
- Elymus pauciflorus subsp. subsecundus ((Link) Gould)
- Agropyron violaceum var. latiglume (Scribn. & J.G.Sm.)
- Agropyron caninum var. richardsonii ((Schrad.) M.E.Jones)
- Agropyron biflorum subsp. andinum ((Scribn. & J.G.Sm.) Piper)
- Agropyron caninum f. pilosifolium (Pease & A.H.Moore)
- Agropyron latiglume var. andinum ((Scribn. & J.G.Sm.) Malte)
- Agropyron caninum f. glaucum (Pease & A.H.Moore)
- Agropyron richardsonii ((Schrad.) Scribn. & J.G.Sm.)
- Elymus trachycaulus subsp. violaceus ((Hornem.) Á.Löve & D.Löve)
- Agropyron pauciflorum subsp. novae-angliae ((Scribn.) Melderis)
- Roegneria virescens ((Lange) Böcher, Holmen & Jakobsen)
- Agropyron latiglume var. pilosiglume (Hultén)
- Agropyron trachycaulum var. richardsonii ((Schrad.) Malte ex H.F.Lewis)
- Elymus trachycaulus subsp. sierrae ((Gould) Á.Löve)
- Elymus trachycaulus var. unilateralis ((Vasey) Beetle)
- Elymus trachycaulus subsp. kamczadalorum ((Nevski) Tzvelev)
- Elymus violaceus subsp. andinus ((Scribn. & J.G.Sm.) Tzvelev)
- Agropyron subsecundum ((Link) Hitchc.)
- Agropyron trachycaulum var. latiglume ((Scribn. & J.G.Sm.) Beetle)
- Triticum latiglume ((Scribn. & J.G.Sm.) F.Herm.)
- Roegneria subsecunda ((Link) Melderis)
- Elymus pringlei (Scribn. & Merr.)
- Agropyron biflorum subsp. latiglume ((Scribn. & J.G.Sm.) Piper)
- Agropyron caninum var. unilaterale (Vasey)
- Agropyron caninum var. latiglume ((Scribn. & J.G.Sm.) C.L.Hitchc.)
- Agropyron caninoides var. pubescens (Scribn. & J.G.Sm.)
- Agropyron violaceum var. andinum (Scribn. & J.G.Sm.)
- Elymus trachycaulus subsp. latiglumis ((Scribn. & J.G.Sm.) Barkworth & D.R.Dewey)
- Agropyron gmelinii var. pringlei (Scribn. & J.G.Sm.)
- Agropyron × pseudorepens var. sennii (B.Boivin)
- Triticum biflorum var. hornemannii (W.D.J.Koch)
- Agropyron trachycaulum ((Link) Malte ex H.F.Lewis)
- Elymus alaskanus subsp. latiglumis ((Scribn. & J.G.Sm.) Á.Löve)
- Agropyron tenerum subsp. majus ((Vasey) Piper)
- Agropyron tenerum subsp. trichocoleum (Piper)
- Agropyron tenerum (Vasey)
- Agropyron trachycaulum var. unilaterale ((Vasey) Malte)
- Elymus donianus subsp. subsecundus ((Link) Á.Löve & D.Löve)
- Agropyron caninum var. pubescens (Scribn. & J.G.Sm.)
- Agropyron violacescens ((Ramaley) Beal)
- Agropyron caninum subsp. latiglume ((Scribn. & J.G.Sm.) Pease & A.H.Moore)
- Agropyron caninum var. andinum ((Scribn. & J.G.Sm.) Pease & A.H.Moore)
- Agropyron pauciflorum subsp. majus ((Vasey) Melderis)
- Elymus trachycaulus subsp. virescens ((Lange) Á.Löve & D.Löve)
- Agropyron trachycaulum var. pilosiglume (Malte)
- Agropyron repens var. novae-angliae (Scribn. & J.G.Sm.)
- Roegneria latiglumis ((Scribn. & J.G.Sm.) Nevski)
- Elymus trachycaulus subsp. major ((Vasey) Tzvelev)
- Agropyron trachycaulum var. hirsutum (Malte)
- Elymus trachycaulus f. andinus ((Scribn. & J.G.Sm.) Beetle)
- Cryptopyrum richardsonii (Heynh.)
- Agropyron trachycaulum var. fernaldii ((Pease & A.H.Moore) Malte)
- Agropyron caninoides ((Ramaley) Beal)
- Triticum pauciflorum (Schwein.)
- Roegneria pauciflora ((Schwein.) Hyl.)
- Agropyron caninum var. tenerum ((Vasey) Pease & A.H.Moore)
- Elymus trachycaulus subsp. glaucus ((Pease & A.H.Moore) Cody)
- Agropyron caninum f. ciliatum ((Scribn. & J.G.Sm.) Pease & A.H.Moore)
- Agropyron trachycaulum f. caninoides ((Ramaley) B.Boivin)
- Agropyron spicatum var. pringlei ((Scribn. & J.G.Sm.) M.E.Jones)
- Agropyron repens var. tenerum ((Vasey) Beal)
- Agropyron × pseudorepens var. magnum (Scribn. & J.G.Sm.)
- Agropyron trachycaulum var. tenerum ((Vasey) Malte)
- Triticum trachycaulum (Link)
- Agropyron caninum f. pubescens ((Scribn. & J.G.Sm.) Pease & A.H.Moore)
- Elymus trachycaulus ((Link) Gould)
- Agropyron caninum var. hornemannii (Pease & A.H.Moore)
- Elymus trachycaulus subsp. novae-angliae ((Scribn.) Tzvelev)
- Agropyron latiglume var. alboviride (Hultén)
- Agropyron tenerum var. longifolium (Scribn. & J.G.Sm.)
- Agropyron pringlei ((Scribn. & J.G.Sm.) Hitchc.)
- Agropyron trachycaulum var. novae-angliae ((Scribn.) Fernald)
- Elymus donianus subsp. virescens ((Lange) Á.Löve & D.Löve)
- Roegneria novae-angliae ((Scribn.) Jurtzev & V.V.Petrovsky)
- Agropyron trachycaulum var. glaucum ((Pease & A.H.Moore) Malte)
Distribution
- Alaska (native)
- Alberta (native)
- Amur (native)
- Arizona (native)
- British Columbia (native)
- California (native)
- Colorado (native)
- Connecticut (native)
- Greenland (native)
- Idaho (native)
- Illinois (native)
- Indiana (native)
- Iowa (native)
- Kamchatka (native)
- Kansas (native)
- Kentucky (native)
- Khabarovsk (native)
- Kuril Is. (native)
- Labrador (native)
- Magadan (native)
- Maine (native)
- Manitoba (native)
- Maryland (native)
- Masachusettes (native)
- Mexico Central (native)
- Mexico Gulf (native)
- Mexico Northeast (native)
- Mexico Northwest (native)
- Michigan (native)
- Minnesota (native)
- Missouri (native)
- Montana (native)
- Nebraska (native)
- Nevada (native)
- New Brunswick (native)
- New Hampshire (native)
- New Jersey (native)
- New Mexico (native)
- New York (native)
- Newfoundland (native)
- North Carolina (native)
- North Dakota (native)
- Northwest Territorie (native)
- Nova Scotia (native)
- Nunavut (native)
- Ohio (native)
- Ontario (native)
- Oregon (native)
- Pennsylvania (native)
- Primorye (native)
- Prince Edward I. (native)
- Québec (native)
- Rhode I. (native)
- Sakhalin (native)
- Saskatchewan (native)
- South Dakota (native)
- Texas (native)
- Utah (native)
- Vermont (native)
- Virginia (native)
- Washington (native)
- West Virginia (native)
- Wisconsin (native)
- Wyoming (native)
- Yakutskiya (native)
- Yukon (native)
- Altay (introduced)
- Baltic States (introduced)
- Belarus (introduced)
- Belgium (introduced)
- Buryatiya (introduced)
- Central European Rus (introduced)
- Chita (introduced)
- Czechoslovakia (introduced)
- East European Russia (introduced)
- Iceland (introduced)
- Irkutsk (introduced)
- Kazakhstan (introduced)
- Krasnoyarsk (introduced)
- Northwest European R (introduced)
- Norway (introduced)
- South European Russi (introduced)
- Tuva (introduced)
- Ukraine (introduced)
- West Siberia (introduced)
Additional Images
Leaf
Taken Jul 2, 2020 by Cooke Sheila (cc-by-sa)
Flower
Taken Jul 2, 2020 by Cooke Sheila (cc-by-sa)
Bark
Taken Jan 1, 1900 by EOL − Soreng, R.J. (cc-by-nc-sa)
Taken Aug 3, 2014 by EOL − Robert L Curtis (cc-by-nc-sa)
Habit
Taken Nov 13, 2014 by EOL − Robert L Curtis (cc-by-nc-sa)
Taken Aug 3, 2014 by EOL − Robert L Curtis (cc-by-nc-sa)
Taken Aug 3, 2014 by EOL − Robert L Curtis (cc-by-nc-sa)
Taken Aug 3, 2014 by EOL − Robert L Curtis (cc-by-nc-sa)
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Sources
- WFO (No URL)
- IPNI (No URL)
- POWO (http://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:942109-1)
- PlantNet (https://identify.plantnet.org/species/the-plant-list/Elymus trachycaulus (Link) Gould ex Shinners)
- GBIF (https://www.gbif.org/species/5290270)
- GBIF (https://www.gbif.org/species/4104489)
Specifications
Growth form: Bunch
Growth habit: Graminoid
Growth rate: Rapid
Growth
Ph maximum: 9.0
Ph minimum: 5.6
