Data provided by the participants of the Consortium of California Herbaria

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Elymus scribneri is a species of wild rye known by the common names spreading wheatgrass and Scribner's wheatgrass. It is native to much of the western United States and parts of central Canada where it grows in several types of habitat including alpine mountain peaks. It is a perennial grass with stems reaching about half a meter long and generally lying prostrate at ground level when mature. The flower cluster is an arrangement of consecutive single-spikelet nodes which break apart when dry. Each spikelet has an awn up to 2.5 centimeters long which curves outward.

Plant type

Grass

Size

2 ft Tall

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Color

Brown

Sun

Full Sun

Propagation

For propagating by seed: No treatment.

Site type

Rocky places

Plant communities

Alpine Fell-Fields

Caterpillars
Butterflies

Butterflies and moths supported

0 confirmed and 3 likely

Confirmed Likely

Nevada Skipper

Hesperia nevada

Darted Wainscot

Leucania insueta

Woodland Skipper

Ochlodes sylvanoides