FOIBIS

Species Details -
Elymus hystrix L.  

Accepted name: Elymus hystrix L.  
Synonym(s): -Asprella   hystrix   (L.) Willd.    
-Gymnostichum   hystrix   Schreb.    
-Hystrix   hystrix   (L.) Millsp.    
English names: Bottlebrush Grass
Bottlebrush Grass
French names: Hystrix étalé
Classification: Kingdom:  Plantae
Divison:   Magnoliophyta
Class:   Liliopsida
Order:   Cyperales
Family:   Poaceae
OPL Code: GELYHY
(to track OPL, Newmaster et al. 1998)
Lifeform: 3
Lifecycle: P
Source database: FOIBIS, June 2005-2012
Floristic Affinities: -
Distribution: -
Ecosystem:
Microhabitat:
Ethnobotanical Notes: Decoction of leaves and reed grass rootstocks used as medicine to soak corn seeds before planting(*30)(3).
Key Characters: -

Species Codes
NRVIS ID
22274
General Status
OMNR Status
COSEWIC
SRANK
S5
GRANK
G5
Med Flag
Bayer Codes
 


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