Minnesota Seasons - Canada wildrye


Canada wildrye				More photos…
Elymus canadensis

Taxonomy	Family:	Poaceae (grass)
	No Rank:	BEP clade
	Subfamily:	Pooideae
	Tribe:	Triticeae

Nativity	Native
Status
Habitat	Dry, moderate, or wet. Prairies, meadows, fields, streambanks.
Flowering	July to August
Height	4′ to 5′

Identification

Similar Species

Range			Sources: 2, 3, 5, 7.

Sightings	Afton State Park Agassiz Dunes SNA Beaver Creek Valley State Park Bonanza Prairie SNA Bunker Hills Regional Park Butterwort Cliffs SNA Carley State Park Chippewa Prairie Cottonwood River Prairie SNA Crow Wing State Park Des Moines River Prairie SNA Flandrau State Park Grey Cloud Dunes SNA Joseph A. Tauer Prairie SNA Kasota Prairie SNA Kellogg-Weaver Dunes SNA Kellogg-Weaver Unit Lake Bronson State Park Lake Rebecca Park Reserve Long Meadow Lake Lost Valley Prairie SNA Louisville Swamp			Myre-Big Island State Park Old Mill State Park Oronoco Prairie SNA Osmundson Prairie SNA Regal Meadow River Terrace Prairie SNA Roscoe Prairie SNA Schaefer Prairie Staffanson Prairie Strandness Prairie Uncas Dunes SNA Wahpeton Prairie WMA Wild Indigo Prairie SNA Wild River State Park

Comments	Canada wildrye is one of the first grasses to begin growth after winter.

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Synonyms	Elymus brachystachys Elymus canadensis var. brachystachys Elymus canadensis var. hirsutus Elymus canadensis var. robustus Elymus crescendus Elymus philadelphicus Elymus philadelphicus var. hirsutus Elymus robustus

Common Names	blue wildrye Canada rye Canada wild rye Canada wildrye mountain wildrye nodding wild rye nodding wildrye western wildrye