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Elymus wiegandii
Also called Canada Wildrye, Great Plains Wildrye, Nodding Wildrye, Canada Wild Rye, Great Plains Wild Rye, Canadian Couch, Short Spike Wildrye
Wiegand's wildrye is a perennial bunchgrass native to central and eastern Canada and the northern and east-central United States, often confused with Canada wildrye. It is grown as a hardy native ornamental or restoration grass that tolerates a range of conditions.
Elymus wiegandii, or Wiegand's wildrye, is a plant indigenous to North America. It has broader leaves than Canada wildrye (Elymus canadensis) and a strongly drooping inflorescence.
Alaskan wheatgrass · Thinopyrum acutum · California bottlebrush grass · Canada wildrye · Bearded wheatgrass · Campeiostachys dahurica · Squirreltail · Blue wildrye · RS wheatgrass · Eastern bottlebrush grass · Thickspike wheatgrass · Early wildrye
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Elymus wiegandii by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.
The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
