Details for: PI 641962, Elymus canadensis L., 'Icy Blue'

Summary Data

Taxonomy:

Elymus canadensis L.

Cultivar:

'Icy Blue'

Origin:

Collected – Michigan, United States

Maintained:

Western Regional PI Station

Received by NPGS:

29 Mar 2005

Improvement Status:

Cultivar

Form Received:

Seed

Life Form:

Perennial

Life Cycle:

Perennial

Backup Location:

National Laboratory for Genetic Resources Preservation

Availability

Form	Quantity	Note	Inventory	Cart
Seed	100 count		PI 641962 2019i SD

Seed available for distribution is a limited resource. The quantity of seed distributed is hopefully sufficient to conduct the intended research. If additional seed is required, the recipient is urged to grow and reproduce the seed. Repeated requests for seed of the same accession will not be honored.

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Core Passport Data

Taxonomy:

Elymus canadensis L.

Cultivar:

'Icy Blue'

Origin:

Collected – Michigan, United States

Maintained:

Western Regional PI Station

Received by NPGS:

29 Mar 2005

Improvement Status:

Cultivar

Form Received:

Seed

Life Form:

Perennial

Life Cycle:

Perennial

Source History

Collected

October 1999.
Indiana, United States
Locality: Along an abandoned railroad grade in La Porte county, Indiana. R4 W, T 36 N, Section 8 which is in MLRA 98.

Collector(s):

Developed

2005.
Michigan, United States

Developer(s):

Donated

29 March 2005.
Michigan, United States

Donor(s):

USDA, NRCS

Accession Names and Identifiers

'Icy Blue'

Type: Cultivar name

Group: NRCS

Natural Resources Conservation Service

USDA, NRCS

9084347

Type: Institute identifier

Group: NRCS

Natural Resources Conservation Service

W6 27722

Type: Site identifier

Group: W6

Western Regional Plant Introduction (W6) accession numbers

USDA-ARS, WRPIS

Narrative

Icy Blue is a native perennial bunchgrass that grows to four feet tall with erect or arching culms and flat, wide pointed leaves that from the base of the stem to the spike. Icy Blue has a whitish, waxy bloom, giving it a distinctive icy blue color on the leaf surface and the stems.

Elymus canadensis L.

Genus:

Elymus

Family:

Poaceae (alt. Gramineae)

Subfamily:

Pooideae

Tribe:

Triticeae

Nomen number:

15032

Place of publication:

Sp. pl. 1:83. 1753

Typification:

View in Linnean Typification Project

Verified:

11/07/2007 by ARS Systematic Botanists.

Other conspecific taxa

Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations

Autonym(s)
Elymus canadensis L. var. canadensis

Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Elymus philadelphicus L.

Common names

Language	Name	seq	Citation
English	Canada wild rye	1	Markle, G. M. et al., eds. 1998. Food and feed crops of the United States, ed. 2
English	Great Plains wild rye	1	FNA Editorial Committee. 1993-. Flora of North America.
French	élyme du Canada	2	FNA Editorial Committee. 1993-. Flora of North America.
Portuguese (Brazil)	centeio-silvestre-do-Canadá	2	Groth, D. 2005. pers. comm. Note: re. Brazilian common names
Swedish	kanadaelm	2	Aldén, B., S. Ryman, & M. Hjertson. 2012. Svensk Kulturväxtdatabas, SKUD (Swedish Cultivated and Utility Plants Database; online resource)

Annotations

Observations

Phenotype Data

Category	Descriptor	Description	Value	Sample Size	Study	Inventory	Availability
GROWTH	Fall regrowth vigor	Fall vigor, the condition of the plants going into winter	8 - 8: all plants vigorous	100	GRASS.FALLVIGOR.2018.MCGOWEN	PI 641962 2019i SD
MORPHOLOGY	Seed weight 100	Weight of 100 seeds in grams.	0.699		GRASS.SEEDWEIGHT.WRPIS	PI 641962 2005o SD	Not Available