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Wildrye

Leymus

Also called Lymegrass, Wild Rye

Wildrye
Photo: Matt Lavin from Bozeman, Montana, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0

Leymus is a genus of wild grasses, commonly called wild rye or lyme grass, found across Europe, Asia and the Americas. Most species are hardy, sun-loving perennials suited to open ground, dunes, prairies and steppe.

Family
Poaceae (Grass family)
Grows as
Grass
Light
Full sun
Water
Water young plants until established, then rely mainly on rainfall; drought tolerant once rooted.
Soil
Tolerates poor, sandy, gravelly or saline soils; well-drained soil is best.
Temperature
Hardy to very cold winters, often below -20 °C; tolerant of heat in most species.
How easy
Easy

About

Leymus is a genus of plants in the grass family Poaceae (Gramineae). It is widespread across Europe, Asia, and the Americas.

Leymus aemulans - Xinjiang, Central Asia

Other Leymus plants

Sand ryegrass · Giant wildrye

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Leymus 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.

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