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Lolium perenne

Perennial Ryegrass

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GNRUnrankedGlobal Rank

Identity

Unique IDELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.160198

Element CodePMPOA3U020

Record TypeSPECIES

ClassificationSpecies

Classification StatusStandard

Name CategoryVascular Plant

KingdomPlantae

PhylumAnthophyta

ClassMonocotyledoneae

OrderCyperales

FamilyPoaceae

GenusLolium

Synonyms

Festuca perennis(L.) Columbus & J.P. Sm.

Other Common Names

perennial ryegrass (EN) Perennial Rye Grass (EN)

Concept Reference

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.

Taxonomic Comments

FNA (vol. 17 in prep) elevates Lolium perenne ssp. multiflorum (= L. multiflorum) to full species, therefore according to FNA, Kartesz's L. perenne ssp. perenne is equivalent to L. perenne.

Conservation Status

Change Date1994-03-22

Ecology & Habitat

Other Nations (2)

CanadaNNA

Province	Rank	Native
British Columbia	SNA	No
Northwest Territories	SNA	No
Manitoba	SNA	No
Island of Newfoundland	SNA	No
Nunavut	SNA	No
Yukon Territory	SNA	No
Saskatchewan	SNA	No
Prince Edward Island	SNA	No
Ontario	SNA	No
Alberta	SNA	No
Quebec	SNA	No
Nova Scotia	SNA	No
New Brunswick	SNA	No

United StatesNNA

Province	Rank	Native
Oklahoma	SNA	No
New Jersey	SNA	No
Tennessee	SNA	No
California	SNA	No
Ohio	SNA	No
South Carolina	SNA	No
Iowa	SNA	No
Colorado	SNA	No
Michigan	SNA	No
Rhode Island	SNA	No
Kansas	SNA	No
Connecticut	SNA	No
Nevada	SNA	No
Wisconsin	SNA	No
Wyoming	SNA	No
New Mexico	SNA	No
New York	SNA	No
Arkansas	SNA	No
Washington	SNA	No
Kentucky	SNA	No
Alaska	SNA	No
Louisiana	SNA	No
District of Columbia	SNA	No
Vermont	SNA	No
Idaho	SNA	No
Delaware	SNA	No
North Carolina	SNA	No
Pennsylvania	SNA	No
Virginia	SNA	No
Texas	SNA	No
Alabama	SNA	No
Maryland	SNA	No
Oregon	SNA	No
Arizona	SNA	No
Nebraska	SNA	No
New Hampshire	SNA	No
Georgia	SNA	No
Montana	SNA	No
Massachusetts	SNA	No
Utah	SNA	No
Hawaii	SNA	No
Maine	SNA	No
Indiana	SNA	No
Missouri	SNA	No
Mississippi	SNA	No
South Dakota	SNA	No
Minnesota	SNA	No
Illinois	SNA	No
West Virginia	SNA	No
North Dakota	SNA	No
Florida	SNA	No

Plant Characteristics

Economic Value (Genus)No

Roadless Areas (2)

New Mexico (1)

Area	Forest	Acres
Columbine - Hondo Wilderness Study Area	Carson National Forest	43,739

Oregon (1)

Area	Forest	Acres
Wind Creek	Mt. Hood National Forest	5,438

References (1)

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.