Latin name: Elymus cinereus Scribner & Merr. Pronunciation: EL-i-mus sin-EER-ee-us Common name: Great Basin wildrye Family: Poaceae (Grass) Habitat: Dry places to 10,000', mostly sagebrush scrub and pinyon-juniper woodland, deserts from San Bernardino Co. north Blooming period: June to August Name derivations: 1) Elymus 2) cinereus Formerly Leymus cinereus |
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