Elymus multisetus
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| Elymus multisetus | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Monocots |
| (unranked): | Commelinids |
| Order: | Poales |
| Family: | Poaceae |
| Genus: | Elymus |
| Species: | E. multisetus |
| Binomial name | |
| Elymus multisetus M.E.Jones |
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Sitanion jubatum |
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Elymus multisetus is a species of wild rye known by the common name big squirreltail.
[edit] Description
Elymus multisetus is native to the western United States where it grows in many types of habitat. It is a perennial grass reaching 60 centimeters in maximum height. The inflorescence is an array of spikelets each with several long, hairlike awns which may be up to 20 centimeters long.
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