Wild rye is a common name used for several grasses.

It is a common and widespread species of wild rye.

The name comes from wild rye which was once plentiful in the area.

Originally, Canada wild rye was an important part of prairie pastures.

One to two years are required for the manystem wild rye to grow into a mature plant.

However, wheat is an annual plant, while wild rye is a perennial.

Manystem wild rye has only one cotyledon in each of its seeds.

Once the plant has matured, the manystem wild rye grass can live a long life.

This wild rye can start its growth from a seed or a rhizome, growing into mature roots and stems.

Elymus elymoides is a species of wild rye known by the common name squirreltail.

It can be confused with Canadian wild rye which is a more robust plant with longer awns.

Ecological Notes:Canada wild rye can be used as a valuable ground cover and germinates best in cool weather.

Elymus condensatus, is a wild rye grass native to California and northern Mexico.

Manystem wild rye is adapted to alkaline meadows and saline soils.

She kicked at a clump of wild rye grass, sending a spray of dry seeds flying.

Key words: somaclonal variation, intergeneric hybridization, Canada wild rye.

A steep embankment where native grassland and creeping wild rye support a habitat for deer mice.

Leymus multicaulis is tolerant of cold weather; this allows the wild rye to continue development as the winter season passes.

A huge bank of earth, flood-protection infrastructure in itself, is covered with wild rye, black-eyed Susans and goldenrod.

Can be confused with Virginia wild rye (E. virginicus) which has straight, not curved, bristles.

Both renew the grass, distribute seeds, and keep the carpet of big bluestem, wild rye and other species healthy.

Introduced plant species such as crested wheatgrass, Russian wild rye, and others are used extensively in the Prairie region.

Elymus canadensis (Canada wild rye) outcompeted big bluestem both with and without mycorrhizae.

The species name of manystem wild rye, multicaulis, suggests the "many stems" of the species.

Key words: intergeneric hybrids, Leymus, wheat, rye-grass, wild rye, embryo rescue.