Leymus condensatus
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Clade: | Commelinids |
| Order: | Poales |
| Family: | Poaceae |
| Subfamily: | Pooideae |
| Genus: | Leymus |
| Species: | L. condensatus
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| Leymus condensatus (J.Presl) Á.Löve
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Aneurolepidium condensatum | |
Leymus condensatus, the giant wildrye, is a wild rye grass native to eastern Oregon, California and northern Mexico.
Description[]
Leymus condensatus grows in bunches or clumps, a bunch grass, stays green all year, and has a distinctive silver blue foliage. It is drought tolerant, growing in coastal sage scrub, chaparral, the California oak woodlands of southern oak woodland and foothill woodland, and Joshua tree woodlands, rarely in wetlands. It often hybridizes with Leymus triticoides, producing the common hybrid grass Leymus x multiflorus.
External links[]
- Giant Wild Rye Data Sheet (Leymus Condensatus 'Canyon Prince')
- Jepson Manual Treatment: Leymus condensatus
- USDA Plants Profile: Leymus condensatus
- Grass Manual Treatment: Leymus condensatus
- Leymus condensatus — Photo gallery
- Calflora
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Categories:
- Leymus
- Bunchgrasses of North America
- Native grasses of California
- Grasses of Mexico
- Flora of Baja California
- Flora of the California desert regions
- Natural history of the California chaparral and woodlands
- Natural history of the California Coast Ranges
- Natural history of the Channel Islands of California
- Natural history of the Mojave Desert
- Natural history of the Peninsular Ranges
- Natural history of the San Francisco Bay Area
- Natural history of the Santa Monica Mountains
- Natural history of the Transverse Ranges
- Plants described in 1830
- Garden plants of North America
- Drought-tolerant plants
- Pooideae stubs