World Species : Leymus racemosus (mammoth wildrye; Volga wildrye)

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Leymus racemosus (mammoth wildrye; Volga wildrye)

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Wikipedia Abstract

Leymus racemosus is a species of perennial wild rye known by the common name mammoth wild rye. It is native to southeastern and eastern Europe, Middle Asia, Caucasus, Siberia, China, Mongolia, New Zealand, and parts of North America. Culms are 50–100 cm long, and 10–12 mm in diameter.

View Wikipedia Record: Leymus racemosus

Attributes

Bloom Period ^[1]	Late Spring
Drought Tolerance ^[1]	High
Edible ^[2]	May be edible. See the Plants For A Future link below for details.
Fire Tolerance ^[1]	Medium
Flower Type ^[2]	Hermaphrodite
Frost Free Days ^[1]	4 months
Fruit/Seed Abundance ^[1]	High
Fruit/Seed Begin ^[1]	Summer
Fruit/Seed End ^[1]	Summer
Growth Form ^[1]	Rhizomatous
Growth Period ^[1]	Spring, Summer
Growth Rate ^[1]	Rapid
Leaf Type ^[1]	Deciduous
Lifespan ^[2]	Perennial
Pollinators ^[2]	Wind
Propagation ^[1]	Seed, Sprig
Regrowth Rate ^[1]	Rapid
Root Depth ^[1]	16 inches (41 cm)
Seed Spread Rate ^[1]	Slow
Seed Vigor ^[1]	High
Seeds Per ^[1]	55000 / lb (121254 / kg)
Shape/Orientation ^[1]	Erect
Structure ^[3]	Grass
Usage ^[2]	Plants have an extensive spreading root system and are used to stabilize inland sand dunes, though they do not tolerate salty conditions;
Vegetative Spread Rate ^[1]	Rapid

Flower Color ^[1]	Yellow
Foliage Color ^[1]	Green
Fruit Color ^[1]	Brown

Height ^[2]	3.936 feet (1.2 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]	Moderate

Screening - Summer ^[1]	Dense
Screening - Winter ^[1]	Moderate

View Plants For A Future Record : Leymus racemosus

Protected Areas

Name	IUCN Category	Area acres	Location
Chernye Zemli Biosphere Reserve Zapovednik	IV	621951	Russia
Mandra - Poda		15162	Bulgaria
Sayano-Shushenskiy Biosphere Reserve	Ia	964620	Krasnoyarsk, Russia
Ubsunurskaya Kotlovina (Ubsunur Depression) Zapovednik	Ia	798640	Tuva, Russia

Predators

Eriococcus agropyri (Borchsenius' felt scale)	^[4]
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Neomargarodes ramosus	^[4]
Phenacoccus interruptus (Green's mealybug)	^[4]
Porphyrophora gigantea	^[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

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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