Elymus glaucus

Identification

Elymus glaucus, Blue Wildrye.
Elymus glaucus Blue wild rye, Blue wildrye with seed heads - grid24_3
Elymus glaucus

Description

A big grass that grows in open meadows, fields, ditch banks, road cuts, etc.. Beautiful if you are a cow. Short lived and rather weedy, blue rye is a good plant to seed into road cuts, horse pastures and such where you do not care about anything but (large)green grass. Of little value to most wildlife, but it is in many plant communities, is important forage for cattle and horses, and usually dies in 1-3 years. If planted for a awn you get a choppy bare/lump/bare planting that you canot easily walk through, is nearly impossible to mow(mow the bottom off of a broom) and then it dies. We grow it primarily for the garden designers that do not read this.

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Available at our Santa Margarita store.

Contact: bawilson@laspilitas.com
Hours: Open Saturday only from 9am to 4pm
Address: 3232 Las Pilitas Rd. Santa Margarita, CA 93453
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Available at our Escondido store.

Contact: escondido@laspilitas.com
Hours: Open Tuesday through Saturday from 9am to 4pm
Address: 8331 Nelson Way Escondido, CA 92026
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Characteristics

Elymus glaucus Blue Wildrye tolerates alkaline soil, sand, clay, serpentine and seasonal flooding.

Elymus glaucus Blue Wildrye's foliage type is stressdeciduous.
Elymus glaucus Blue Wildrye's flower color is na.

Communities

Communities for Elymus glaucus Blue Wildrye:Chaparral, Closed-cone Pine Forest, Coastal Sage Scrub, Douglas Fir Forest, Freshwater Marsh, Valley Grassland, Joshua Tree Woodland and Yellow Pine Forest.

Ranges for Elymus glaucus

ph: 5.00 to 9.00
usda: 4 to 9
height[m]: 0.50 to 1.00
width[m]: 0.50 to 1.00
rainfall[cm]: 50.00 to 100.00

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