Poaceae FAMILY

Leymus cinereus

Edibility

2/5

Medicinal

0/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Leymus cinereus is a robust, clump-forming, perennial grass with short rhizomes and an extensive, deep, coarse, fibrous root system. It can grow around 100 - 200cm tall, occasionally reaching 300cm[ 236 Title Manual of the Grasses of the United States Publication Author Hitchcock. A. S. Publisher Dover Publications. New York. Year 1971 ISBN 0-486-22717-0 Description A nice and comprehensive flora, though a bit dated. Good line drawings of each plant, plus a brief idea of the habitat and a few notes on plant uses. Not for the casual reader. , 277 Title Plants Database Publication Author Website http://plants.usda.gov/java/factSheet Publisher United States Department of Agriculture Year 0 ISBN Description An online database with an excellent collection of fact sheets about native N. American plants. ]. The plant is harvested from the wild for local use as a food.

Habitat & Origin

Origintemperate

Native RangeWestern and central N. America - British Columbia to Saskatchewan, south to California, Arizona and New Mexico

HabitatRiver banks, ravines, moist and dry slopes and plains[ 236 Title Manual of the Grasses of the United States Publication Author Hitchcock. A. S. Publisher Dover Publications. New York. Year 1971 ISBN 0-486-22717-0 Description A nice and comprehensive flora, though a bit dated. Good line drawings of each plant, plus a brief idea of the habitat and a few notes on plant uses. Not for the casual reader. ].