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Elymus virginicus

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Virginia Wild Rye

G5Secure Found in 2 roadless areas NatureServe Explorer →
G5SecureGlobal Rank
Identity
Unique IDELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.733318
Element CodePMPOA2H1U0
Record TypeSPECIES
ClassificationSpecies
Classification StatusStandard
Name CategoryVascular Plant
KingdomPlantae
PhylumAnthophyta
ClassMonocotyledoneae
OrderCyperales
FamilyPoaceae
GenusElymus
Other Common Names
Élyme de Virginie (FR) Virginia Wildrye (EN) Virginia wildrye (EN)
Concept Reference
Kartesz, J.T. 1999. A synonymized checklist and atlas with biological attributes for the vascular flora of the United States, Canada, and Greenland. First edition. In: Kartesz, J.T., and C.A. Meacham. Synthesis of the North American Flora, Version 1.0. North Carolina Botanical Garden, Chapel Hill, N.C.
Taxonomic Comments
This is a narrow treatment of Elymus virginicus, excluding var. submuticus and var. jenkinsii, (recognized as varieties of E. virginicus in Kartesz (1994)) which are included in the distinct species E. submuticus as in Kartesz (1999) and included in Elymus curvatus Piper by Barkworth et al. in FNA (2007, vol. 24). However, this treatment of E. virginicus includes E. glabriflorus which the FNA (2007) treatment and Weakley et al. (2024) exclude as distinct. Weakley et al. (2024) recognize E. virginicus even more narrowly, excluding E. halophilus, E. jejunus, and E. hirsutiglumis which were included as E. virginicus var. halophilus, var. jejunus, and var. intermedius (respectively) in FNA (2007). E. virginicus var. jejunus and intermedius were considered indistinct from typical E. virginicus in Kartesz (1999).
Conservation Status
Rank MethodExpertise without calculation
Review Date2016-05-16
Change Date1984-04-24
Ecology & Habitat
Other Nations (2)
United StatesN5
ProvinceRankNative
MinnesotaSNRYes
IllinoisS5Yes
North CarolinaS5Yes
New MexicoSNRYes
OklahomaSNRYes
ArizonaSNRYes
VirginiaSNRYes
VermontSNRYes
UtahSNRYes
FloridaSNRYes
MissouriSNRYes
WyomingSNRYes
KansasSNRYes
GeorgiaSNRYes
WisconsinSNRYes
PennsylvaniaSNRYes
TennesseeSNRYes
New JerseySNRYes
IowaSNRYes
MichiganSNRYes
AlabamaSNRYes
North DakotaSNRYes
New HampshireSNRYes
MarylandSNRYes
West VirginiaS4Yes
ColoradoS3Yes
MontanaS3Yes
MassachusettsSNRYes
District of ColumbiaSNRYes
ArkansasSNRYes
DelawareSNRYes
South CarolinaSNRYes
New YorkS5Yes
KentuckyS5Yes
OhioSNRYes
Rhode IslandSNRYes
TexasSNRYes
ConnecticutSNRYes
South DakotaSNRYes
NebraskaSNRYes
IndianaS5Yes
CanadaNNR
ProvinceRankNative
AlbertaS3Yes
QuebecSNRYes
Island of NewfoundlandSNRYes
SaskatchewanS4Yes
Nova ScotiaSNRYes
Prince Edward IslandSNRYes
ManitobaSNRYes
OntarioS5Yes
New BrunswickSNRYes
Plant Characteristics
Economic Value (Genus)No
Roadless Areas (2)
Illinois (1)
AreaForestAcres
Bay CreekShawnee National Forest120
Texas (1)
AreaForestAcres
Little Lake CreekNational Forests in Texas596
References (4)
  1. Flora of North America Editorial Committee (FNA). 2007a. Flora of North America north of Mexico. Vol. 24. Magnoliophyta: Commelinidae (in part): Poaceae, part 1. Oxford Univ. Press, New York. xxviii + 911 pp.
  2. Kartesz, J.T. 1994. A synonymized checklist of the vascular flora of the United States, Canada, and Greenland. 2nd edition. 2 vols. Timber Press, Portland, OR.
  3. Kartesz, J.T. 1999. A synonymized checklist and atlas with biological attributes for the vascular flora of the United States, Canada, and Greenland. First edition. In: Kartesz, J.T., and C.A. Meacham. Synthesis of the North American Flora, Version 1.0. North Carolina Botanical Garden, Chapel Hill, N.C.
  4. Weakley, A.S., and Southeastern Flora Team. 2024. Flora of the southeastern United States. Edition of March 4, 2024. University of North Carolina Herbarium (NCU), North Carolina Botanical Garden, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. 2203 pp.