Leymus mollis (Trin.) Pilg.
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Authority
Gleason, Henry A. & Cronquist, Arthur J. 1991. Manual of vascular plants of northeastern United States and adjacent Canada. lxxv + 910 pp.
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Family
Poaceae
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Scientific Name
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Description
Species Description - Stout, erect, green or somewhat glaucous, 5–15 dm, from long, stout rhizomes; culms finely hairy under the spike, otherwise glabrous; sheaths crowded and overlapping at base; lvs 6–15 mm wide; ligule scarcely 1 mm; spike stout, erect, dense, 1–3 dm × 1–2 cm; spikelets coarse, 4–6-fld, mostly paired at the nodes; glumes lanceolate, 13–30 × 2–4 mm, strongly 3–5-nerved, about as long as the spikelet, evidently villous-hirsute; lemmas hairy like the glumes, or more so, tapering to a slender, awnless tip; anthers 5–9 mm; 2n=28. Sandy beaches and dunes; both coasts of n. N. Amer., s. to Mass. and Calif., on the shores of Lake Superior, and on the Arctic shore and the coast of ne. Asia. (Elymus m.) Ours is the relatively southern var. mollis.
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Common Names
American dunegrass