Elymus wiegandii Fernald

• Authority

  Gleason, Henry A. & Cronquist, Arthur J. 1991. Manual of vascular plants of northeastern United States and adjacent Canada. lxxv + 910 pp.

• Family

  Poaceae

• Scientific Name

  Elymus wiegandii Fernald

• Description

  Species Description - Tufted, coarse, 10–20 dm, ± glaucous; lvs mostly 9–15, dark green, thin and flat, usually villosulous above, the larger ones 15–25+ mm wide, the sheaths often overlapping; spikes 10–35 cm, lax, abruptly pendulous from near the base, the middle internodes mostly 5–9 mm; spikelets mostly paired, 3–7-fld; glumes 15–30 mm overall, mostly 0.4–0.7(–1.2) mm wide, with abruptly narrowed, indurate but not terete base; lemmas villous-hirsute to glabrous or merely scabrous, the long awn outcurved at maturity; paleas 9–15 mm, the tip bidentate and densely hairy; 2n=28. Rich alluvial soil in the shade; N.B. and Que. to Pa., w. less commonly to Mich., Minn., Io., Man., and Wyo.

• Common Names

  broad-leaved wild rye