. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British possessions, from Newfoundland to the parallel of the southern boundary of Virginia, and from the Atlantic Ocean westward to the 102d meridian. Botany; Botany. Genus 106. GRASS FAMILY. 13. Elymus canadensis L. Nodding Wild Rye. Canada Lyme-grass. Fig. 712. Elymus canadensis L. Sp. PI. 83. 1753. Elymus glaucifolius Willd. Enum. 1: 131. 1809. Elymus canadensis var. glaucifolius Torr. Fl. U. S. I: 137. 1824. Elymus robustus Scribn. & Sm. Bull. U. S. Dep. Agr. Agric. 4: 37. 1897. Culms 2j°-5° tall, erect, simple, smoo
. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British possessions, from Newfoundland to the parallel of the southern boundary of Virginia, and from the Atlantic Ocean westward to the 102d meridian. Botany; Botany. Genus 106. GRASS FAMILY. 13. Elymus canadensis L. Nodding Wild Rye. Canada Lyme-grass. Fig. 712. Elymus canadensis L. Sp. PI. 83. 1753. Elymus glaucifolius Willd. Enum. 1: 131. 1809. Elymus canadensis var. glaucifolius Torr. Fl. U. S. I: 137. 1824. Elymus robustus Scribn. & Sm. Bull. U. S. Dep. Agr. Agric. 4: 37. 1897. Culms 2j°-5° tall, erect, simple, smooth and gla- brous. Sheaths usually overlapping; ligule very short; blades 4'-i° long or more, 2"-io" wide, rough, sometimes glaucous; spike 4-12' in length, broad, stout, often nodding, its peduncle much ex- serted; spikelets divergent from the rachis, 3-5- flowered; empty scales narrowly lanceolate, rigid, 3-5-nerved, 8"-i6" long, including the long slender rough awns; flowering scales 4"-7" long, hirsute, bearing a slender scabrous straight or divergent awn io"-2S" in length. On river banks, Nova Scotia to Alberta and Washing- ton, south to New Jersey, West Virginia, Missouri and Arizona. Ascends to 2100 ft. in Virginia. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Britton, Nathaniel Lord, 1859-1934; Brown, Addison, 1830-1913. New York, Scribner
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