Elymus ×vancouverensis

Family: Poaceae · Type: perennial · Native

Vancouver wild rye is a California native perennial found in northern coastal and northern central coastal bioregions on sandy beaches at elevations below 100 meters. Flowering in July, this plant produces pale purple to glaucous grass spikelets with lanceolate glumes 8 to 28 millimeters long. Growing with rhizomatous stems 65 to 130 centimeters tall that are sparsely to densely hairy below the inflorescence, it spreads through underground stems. Its grass blades are less than 9 millimeters wide, prominently ribbed, with tiny auricles up to 1 millimeter long and a short ligule 0.4 to 1.2 millimeters in length. The plant's inflorescence spans 7 to 32 centimeters, with spikelets arranged 1 to 2 per node.

Habitat: Sandy beaches

Bloom period: Jul

Elevation: < 100 m

Bioregions: NCo, n CCo

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