Introductory
SPECIES: Elymus lanceolatus | Thickspike Wheatgrass 



ABBREVIATION : 
ELYLAN

SYNONYMS : 
   Agropyron dasystachyum
   Agropyron albicans
   Agropyron elmeri
   Agropyron griffthsii
   Agropyron psammophilus
   Agropyron riparium


SCS PLANT CODE : 
   ELLA3
   ELLAA
   ELLAL
   ELLAP


COMMON NAMES : 
   thickspike wheatgrass


TAXONOMY : 
The currently accepted scientific name of thickspike wheatgrass is
Elymus lanceolatus (Scribner & J. G. Smith) Gould.  Barkworth and Dewey
[3] combined the former taxa A. dasystachyum, A. elmeri, and A.
riparium under E. lanceolatus.

There are three subspecies of thickspike wheatgrass [3,4]:  

E. l. ssp. albicans (Scribner & J. G Smith) Barkw. & D. R. Dewey
E. l. ssp. lanceolatus
E. l. ssp. psammophilus (Gillett & Senn) A. Love


LIFE FORM : 
Graminoid

FEDERAL LEGAL STATUS : 
NO-ENTRY


OTHER STATUS : 
NO-ENTRY


COMPILED BY AND DATE : 
Kathy Ahlenslager, April 1986



LAST REVISED BY AND DATE : 
Kathy Ahlenslager, December 1987


AUTHORSHIP AND CITATION : 
Ahlenslager, Kathleen E. 1986. Elymus lanceolatus. In: Remainder of Citation

Related categories for Species: Elymus lanceolatus | Thickspike Wheatgrass