Details for: PI 700016, Elymus virginicus L., 9094359


Summary Data
Taxonomy:
Elymus virginicus L.
Top Name:
9094359
Origin:
Developed – North Dakota, United States
Received by NPGS:
Aug 2020
Form Received:
Seed
Life Form:
Perennial
Life Cycle:
Perennial
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Core Passport Data
Taxonomy:
Elymus virginicus L.
Top Name:
9094359
Origin:
Developed – North Dakota, United States
Received by NPGS:
Aug 2020
Form Received:
Seed
Life Form:
Perennial
Life Cycle:
Perennial
Source History
Developed
PRE 2012.
North Dakota, United States

Developer(s):
Donated
19 August 2020.
North Dakota, United States

Donor(s):
Accession Names and Identifiers
9094359
Type: Developer identifier
Group: NRCS
Tober Germplasm
, Staff of Bismarck Plant Materials Center (USDA-NRCS), Bismarck, North Dakota

Narrative
Virginia wildrye is a native, cool-season, perennial bunchgrass which grows 2-4 feet in height. Leaf blades are flat and numerous. The spikes are stiffly upright 2-6 inches long. Seeds can be awned or awnless. There are usually two spikelets/node, heavy glumes (horseshoe-shaped) bowed at the base, and short, rigid ligules. It can be misidentified as Canada wildrye, which can be found growing in the same locations. Canada wildrye heads are nodding and have longer awns when compared to heads of Virginia wildrye. Virginia wildrye prefers moist, heavier textured soils and is shade tolerant. It is considered short-lived but will reseed if allowed to grow to maturity. Drought tolerance is rated as fair and flood tolerance good. It will not tolerate saline conditions. Virginia wildrye is generally considered self-pollinated but has been found to cross pollinate with Canada wildrye. Tober Germplasm Virginia wildrye does not differ significantly from a general plant description of the species. Tober Germplasm has an average height of 2-4 feet and flowers early to mid-July in Bismarck, North Dakota. Flowering time is similar to 'Mandan' Canada wildrye and approximately two weeks earlier than a commercially available Minnesota ecotype. Seed harvest date varies depending on growing conditions and year. Seed harvest has ranged from early August to early September at Bismarck, North Dakota. Seed lots of Tober Germplasm harvested had a mix of glumed and glumeless seed and averaged approximately 81,000 seeds/pound. Tober Germplasm averaged 61,000 seeds/pound with the glumes intact and 112,000 seeds/pound without glumes.
Elymus virginicus L.
Genus:
Elymus
Family:
Poaceae (alt. Gramineae)
Subfamily:
Pooideae
Tribe:
Triticeae
Nomen number:

15075
Place of publication:

Sp. pl. 1:84. 1753
Verified:
11/07/2007 by ARS Systematic Botanists.
Other conspecific taxa
Elymus virginicus L. var. halophilus (E. P. Bicknell) Wiegand (0 active accession[s])
Elymus virginicus L. var. intermedius (Vasey ex S. Watson & J. M. Coult.) Bush (0 active accession[s])
Elymus virginicus L. var. jejunus (Ramaley) Bush (0 active accession[s])
Elymus virginicus L. var. virginicus (4 active accession[s])
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Elymus carolinianus Walter
Elymus hirsutiglumis Scribn.

Common names
LanguageNameAlternate namenoteseqCitation
EnglishVirginia wild rye  1Hitchcock, A. S. 1950. Manual of the grasses of the United States, ed. 2.
Frenchélyme de Virginie  2FNA Editorial Committee. 1993-. Flora of North America.
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