Canada wild rye
Elymus canadensis L.
other common names: nodding wild rye, rye grass, Canada lyme grass, Great Plains wild rye
Elymus: derived from the Greek elymos, the name for a kind of grain that has the lemma and palea tightly rolled about the seed
Canadensis: meaning “of Canada”
Grass family: Poaceae (Gramineae)
Photograph by Thomas Rosburg, Wildflowers of the Tallgrass Prairie: The Upper Midwest, Second Edition
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