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Leymus condensatus (giant wildrye)

Synonyms: Aneurolepidium condensatum (homotypic); Elymus condensatus (homotypic)

Wikipedia Abstract

Leymus condensatus, with the common name giant wildrye and syn. Elymus condensatus, is a wild rye grass native to California and northern Mexico.
View Wikipedia Record: Leymus condensatus

Attributes

Bloom Period [1]  Mid Spring
Drought Tolerance [1]  Low
Edible [2]  May be edible. See the Plants For A Future link below for details.
Fire Tolerance [1]  High
Flower Type [2]  Hermaphrodite
Frost Free Days [1]  90 days
Fruit/Seed Abundance [1]  Medium
Fruit/Seed Begin [1]  Spring
Fruit/Seed End [1]  Summer
Growth Form [1]  Rhizomatous
Growth Period [1]  Spring, Summer
Growth Rate [1]  Moderate
Leaf Type [1]  Deciduous
Lifespan [2]  Perennial
Pollinators [2]  Wind
Propagation [1]  Seed
Regrowth Rate [1]  Moderate
Root Depth [1]  18 inches (46 cm)
Seed Spread Rate [1]  Slow
Seed Vigor [1]  High
Seeds Per [1]  166000 / lb (365967 / kg)
Shape/Orientation [1]  Erect
Structure [3]  Grass
Usage [2]  The leaves are used for making mats, rope, paper etc. The stems are used for thatching roofs etc; The roots can be tied together and used as a hair comb;
Vegetative Spread Rate [1]  Moderate
Flower Color [1]  Yellow
Foliage Color [1]  Dark Green
Fruit Color [1]  Brown
Height [2]  6.56 feet (2 m)
Hardiness Zone Minimum [1]  USDA Zone: 3 Low Temperature: -40 F° (-40 C°) → -30 F° (-34.4 C°)
Light Preference [1]  Full Sun
Soil Acidity [1]  Neutral
Soil Fertility [1]  Intermediate
Water Use [1]  High
Screening - Summer [1]  Dense
Screening - Winter [1]  Porous
View Plants For A Future Record : Leymus condensatus

Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Climate Land Use
Craters of the Moon National Monument V 690996 Idaho, United States
San Dimas Biosphere Reserve 17161 California, United States  

Ecosystems

Predators

Trionymus dolus (dolus mealybug)[4]
Trionymus modocensis (modoc grass mealybug)[4]
Trionymus smithii (Smith grass mealybug)[4]

External References

USDA Plant Profile

NatureServe Explorer

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1USDA Plants Database, U. S. Department of Agriculture
♦ 2Plants For A Future licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License
♦ 3Kattge, J. et al. (2011b) TRY - a global database of plant traits Global Change Biology 17:2905-2935
♦ 4Ben-Dov, Y., Miller, D.R. & Gibson, G.A.P. ScaleNet 4 November 2009
Abstract provided by DBpedia licensed under a Creative Commons License
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0