Taxon: Elymus repens (L.) Gould subsp. repens

Summary

Genus:

Elymus

Family:

Poaceae (alt. Gramineae)

Subfamily:

Pooideae

Tribe:

Triticeae

Nomen number:

454279

Verified:

11/09/2007 ARS Systematic Botanists.

Accessions:

271 (190 active, 154 available) in National Plant Germplasm System. (Map it)

Other conspecific taxa

Elymus repens (L.) Gould (5 active accession[s])
Elymus repens (L.) Gould subsp. elongatiformis (Drobow) Melderis (56 active accession[s])

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

Basionym
Triticum repens L.

Homotypic Synonym(s)
Agropyron repens (L.) P. Beauv.
Agropyron repens (L.) P. Beauv. var. repens
Elytrigia repens (L.) Desv. ex Nevski
Elytrigia repens (L.) Desv. ex Nevski subsp. repens
Triticum repens L. var. repens

Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Agropyron firmum J. Presl
Agropyron repens (L.) P. Beauv. var. subulatum Roem. & Schult.
Triticum firmum (J. Presl) Link

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Conservation Status

Reference(s)

Plants of southern Africa: an online checklist. Note: = Elytrigia repens
APHIS. Agricultural Risk Management System United States Department of Agriculture.
CIBA-GEIGY, Basel, Switzerland. Documenta CIBA-GEIGY (Grass weeds 1. 1980, 2. 1981; Monocot weeds 3. 1982; Dicot weeds 1. 1988) Note: four books on weeds worldwide in scope
Davis, P. H., ed. 1965-1988. Flora of Turkey and the east Aegean islands.
Euro+Med Editorial Committee. Euro+Med Plantbase: the information resource for Euro-Mediterranean plant diversity (on-line resource). Note: = Elytrigia repens subsp. repens
FNA Editorial Committee. 1993-. Flora of North America.
Grierson, A. J. C. & D. J. Long. 1984-. Flora of Bhutan including a record of plants from Sikkim. Note: = Elymus repens
Leung, A. Y. & S. Foster. 1996. Encyclopedia of common natural ingredients used in food, drugs, and cosmetics, ed. 2
Randall, R. P. 2007. The introduced flora of Australia and its weed status.
Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants Note: = Agropyron repens
Tutin, T. G. et al., eds. 1964-1980. Flora europaea.
Ugarte, E. et al. 2011. Vascular alien flora, Chile. Check List 7:365-380. Note: = Elymus repens
USDA National Agricultural Library. National Invasive Species Information Center (on-line resource).
Villaseñor, J. L. & F. J. Espinoza-Garcia. 2004. The alien flowering plants of Mexico. Diversity & Distrib. 10:113-123. Note: = Agropyron repens
Wang, R. R.-C. 2011. Chapter 2. Agropyron and Psathyrostachys. In: Kole, C., ed., Wild crop relatives: genomic and breeding resources, cereals 77-108. Note: this review mentioned the diversity of genome constitution in Triticeae, all types found in Elymus able to cross with wheat
Weber, E. 2003. Invasive plant species of the world: a reference guide to environmental weeds
Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994-. Flora of China (English edition). Note: = Elytrigia repens subsp. repens

Common names

Language	Name	note	seq	Citation
English	couch grass		1	Wiersema, J. H. & B. León. 1999. World economic plants: a standard reference CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL.
English	coutch		1	Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants Note: = Agropyron repens
English	dog grass		1	Leung, A. Y. & S. Foster. 1996. Encyclopedia of common natural ingredients used in food, drugs, and cosmetics, ed. 2
English	quack grass		1	Wiersema, J. H. & B. León. 1999. World economic plants: a standard reference CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL.
English	quick grass		1	CIBA-GEIGY, Basel, Switzerland. Documenta CIBA-GEIGY (Grass weeds 1. 1980, 2. 1981; Monocot weeds 3. 1982; Dicot weeds 1. 1988) Note: four books on weeds worldwide in scope
English	scutch		1	Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants Note: = Agropyron repens
English	twitch grass		1	CIBA-GEIGY, Basel, Switzerland. Documenta CIBA-GEIGY (Grass weeds 1. 1980, 2. 1981; Monocot weeds 3. 1982; Dicot weeds 1. 1988) Note: four books on weeds worldwide in scope
French	chiendent		2	FNA Editorial Committee. 1993-. Flora of North America.
French	chiendent rampant	as Agropyron repens	2	Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants Note: = Agropyron repens
French	petit chiendent	as Agropyron repens	2	Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants Note: = Agropyron repens
German	Ackerquecke	as Agropyron repens	2	Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants Note: = Agropyron repens
German	Quecke	as Agropyron repens	2	Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants Note: = Agropyron repens
Spanish	grama canina	as Agropyron repens	2	Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants Note: = Agropyron repens

Distribution

order_code	Status	Continent	Subcontinent	Country	State	Note	Reference
1	Native	Africa	Northern Africa	Algeria			Euro+Med Editorial Committee. Euro+Med Plantbase: the information resource for Euro-Mediterranean plant diversity (on-line resource). Note: = Elytrigia repens subsp. repens
1	Native	Africa	Northern Africa	Morocco			Euro+Med Editorial Committee. Euro+Med Plantbase: the information resource for Euro-Mediterranean plant diversity (on-line resource). Note: = Elytrigia repens subsp. repens
1	Native	Africa	Northern Africa	Tunisia			Euro+Med Editorial Committee. Euro+Med Plantbase: the information resource for Euro-Mediterranean plant diversity (on-line resource). Note: = Elytrigia repens subsp. repens
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	Caucasus	Armenia			Euro+Med Editorial Committee. Euro+Med Plantbase: the information resource for Euro-Mediterranean plant diversity (on-line resource). Note: = Elytrigia repens subsp. repens
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	Caucasus	Azerbaijan			Euro+Med Editorial Committee. Euro+Med Plantbase: the information resource for Euro-Mediterranean plant diversity (on-line resource). Note: = Elytrigia repens subsp. repens
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	Caucasus	Georgia
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	Caucasus	Russian Federation	Dagestan		Tzvelev, N. N. 1976. Zlaki SSSR Note: = Elytrigia repens subsp. repens
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	Caucasus	Russian Federation-Ciscaucasia	Ciscaucasia		Tzvelev, N. N. 1976. Zlaki SSSR Note: = Elytrigia repens subsp. repens
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	China	China	Gansu Sheng		Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994-. Flora of China (English edition). Note: = Elytrigia repens subsp. repens
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	China	China	Hebei Sheng		Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994-. Flora of China (English edition). Note: = Elytrigia repens subsp. repens
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	China	China	Heilongjiang Sheng		Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994-. Flora of China (English edition). Note: = Elytrigia repens subsp. repens
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	China	China	Nei Mongol Zizhiqu		Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994-. Flora of China (English edition). Note: = Elytrigia repens subsp. repens
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	China	China	Qinghai Sheng		Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994-. Flora of China (English edition). Note: = Elytrigia repens subsp. repens
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	China	China	Sichuan Sheng		Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994-. Flora of China (English edition). Note: = Elytrigia repens subsp. repens
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	China	China	Xinjiang Uygur Zizhiqu		Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994-. Flora of China (English edition). Note: = Elytrigia repens subsp. repens
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	China	China	Xizang Zizhiqu		Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994-. Flora of China (English edition). Note: = Elytrigia repens subsp. repens
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	China	China	Yunnan Sheng		Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994-. Flora of China (English edition). Note: = Elytrigia repens subsp. repens
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	Eastern Asia	Korea			Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994-. Flora of China (English edition). Note: = Elytrigia repens subsp. repens
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	Middle Asia	Kazakhstan
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	Middle Asia	Kyrgyzstan
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	Middle Asia	Tajikistan			Tzvelev, N. N. 1976. Zlaki SSSR Note: = Elytrigia repens subsp. repens
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	Middle Asia	Turkmenistan			Tzvelev, N. N. 1976. Zlaki SSSR Note: = Elytrigia repens subsp. repens
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	Middle Asia	Uzbekistan			Tzvelev, N. N. 1976. Zlaki SSSR Note: = Elytrigia repens subsp. repens
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	Mongolia	Mongolia			Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994-. Flora of China (English edition). Note: = Elytrigia repens subsp. repens
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	Russian Far East	Russian Federation	Amur		Tzvelev, N. N. 1976. Zlaki SSSR Note: = Elytrigia repens subsp. repens
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	Russian Far East	Russian Federation	Habarovskij kraj		Tzvelev, N. N. 1976. Zlaki SSSR Note: = Elytrigia repens subsp. repens
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	Russian Far East	Russian Federation	Kamčatskij kraj		Tzvelev, N. N. 1976. Zlaki SSSR Note: = Elytrigia repens subsp. repens
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	Russian Far East	Russian Federation	Kurile Islands		Tzvelev, N. N. 1976. Zlaki SSSR Note: = Elytrigia repens subsp. repens
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	Russian Far East	Russian Federation	Magadanskaja oblast'	s.	Tzvelev, N. N. 1976. Zlaki SSSR Note: = Elytrigia repens subsp. repens
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	Russian Far East	Russian Federation	Primorye		Tzvelev, N. N. 1976. Zlaki SSSR Note: = Elytrigia repens subsp. repens
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	Russian Far East	Russian Federation	Sakhalin		Tzvelev, N. N. 1976. Zlaki SSSR Note: = Elytrigia repens subsp. repens
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	Siberia	Russian Federation	Altay		Tzvelev, N. N. 1976. Zlaki SSSR Note: = Elytrigia repens subsp. repens
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	Siberia	Russian Federation	Buryatia		Tzvelev, N. N. 1976. Zlaki SSSR Note: = Elytrigia repens subsp. repens
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	Siberia	Russian Federation	Chita		Tzvelev, N. N. 1976. Zlaki SSSR Note: = Elytrigia repens subsp. repens
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	Siberia	Russian Federation	Gorno-Altay		Tzvelev, N. N. 1976. Zlaki SSSR Note: = Elytrigia repens subsp. repens
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	Siberia	Russian Federation	Irkutsk		Tzvelev, N. N. 1976. Zlaki SSSR Note: = Elytrigia repens subsp. repens
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	Siberia	Russian Federation	Kemerovskaja oblast'		Tzvelev, N. N. 1976. Zlaki SSSR Note: = Elytrigia repens subsp. repens
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	Siberia	Russian Federation	Krasnoyarsk		Tzvelev, N. N. 1976. Zlaki SSSR Note: = Elytrigia repens subsp. repens
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	Siberia	Russian Federation	Kurganskaja oblast'		Tzvelev, N. N. 1976. Zlaki SSSR Note: = Elytrigia repens subsp. repens
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	Siberia	Russian Federation	Novosibirsk		Tzvelev, N. N. 1976. Zlaki SSSR Note: = Elytrigia repens subsp. repens
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	Siberia	Russian Federation	Omsk		Tzvelev, N. N. 1976. Zlaki SSSR Note: = Elytrigia repens subsp. repens
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	Siberia	Russian Federation	Tyumen		Tzvelev, N. N. 1976. Zlaki SSSR Note: = Elytrigia repens subsp. repens
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	Siberia	Russian Federation	Tyva, Respublika		Tzvelev, N. N. 1976. Zlaki SSSR Note: = Elytrigia repens subsp. repens
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	Siberia	Russian Federation	Yakutia-Sakha		Tzvelev, N. N. 1976. Zlaki SSSR Note: = Elytrigia repens subsp. repens
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	Western Asia	Afghanistan
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	Western Asia	Cyprus			Euro+Med Editorial Committee. Euro+Med Plantbase: the information resource for Euro-Mediterranean plant diversity (on-line resource). Note: = Elytrigia repens subsp. repens
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	Western Asia	Iran
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	Western Asia	Iraq
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	Western Asia	Lebanon			Euro+Med Editorial Committee. Euro+Med Plantbase: the information resource for Euro-Mediterranean plant diversity (on-line resource). Note: = Elytrigia repens subsp. repens
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	Western Asia	Syria			Euro+Med Editorial Committee. Euro+Med Plantbase: the information resource for Euro-Mediterranean plant diversity (on-line resource). Note: = Elytrigia repens subsp. repens
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	Western Asia	Turkey			Davis, P. H., ed. 1965-1988. Flora of Turkey and the east Aegean islands.
1	Native	Asia-Tropical	Indian Subcontinent	India		n.	Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994-. Flora of China (English edition). Note: = Elytrigia repens subsp. repens
1	Native	Asia-Tropical	Indian Subcontinent	Pakistan
1	Native	Europe	Eastern Europe	Belarus			Euro+Med Editorial Committee. Euro+Med Plantbase: the information resource for Euro-Mediterranean plant diversity (on-line resource). Note: = Elytrigia repens subsp. repens
1	Native	Europe	Eastern Europe	Estonia
1	Native	Europe	Eastern Europe	Latvia
1	Native	Europe	Eastern Europe	Lithuania			Euro+Med Editorial Committee. Euro+Med Plantbase: the information resource for Euro-Mediterranean plant diversity (on-line resource). Note: = Elytrigia repens subsp. repens
1	Native	Europe	Eastern Europe	Moldova			Euro+Med Editorial Committee. Euro+Med Plantbase: the information resource for Euro-Mediterranean plant diversity (on-line resource). Note: = Elytrigia repens subsp. repens
1	Native	Europe	Eastern Europe	Russian Federation	Astrakhan		Skvortsov, A. K., ed. 2006. Flora of the Lower Volga region 1:238. Note: lists as Elytrigia repens (L.) Nevski
1	Native	Europe	Eastern Europe	Russian Federation	Kalmykija, Respublika		Skvortsov, A. K., ed. 2006. Flora of the Lower Volga region 1:238. Note: lists as Elytrigia repens (L.) Nevski
1	Native	Europe	Eastern Europe	Russian Federation	Saratov		Skvortsov, A. K., ed. 2006. Flora of the Lower Volga region 1:238. Note: lists as Elytrigia repens (L.) Nevski
1	Native	Europe	Eastern Europe	Russian Federation	Volgogradskaja oblast'		Skvortsov, A. K., ed. 2006. Flora of the Lower Volga region 1:238. Note: lists as Elytrigia repens (L.) Nevski
1	Native	Europe	Eastern Europe	Russian Federation-European part	European part		Tzvelev, N. N. 1976. Zlaki SSSR Note: = Elytrigia repens subsp. repens
1	Native	Europe	Eastern Europe	Ukraine		incl. Krym	Euro+Med Editorial Committee. Euro+Med Plantbase: the information resource for Euro-Mediterranean plant diversity (on-line resource). Note: = Elytrigia repens subsp. repens
1	Native	Europe	Middle Europe	Austria			Tutin, T. G. et al., eds. 1964-1980. Flora europaea.
1	Native	Europe	Middle Europe	Belgium			Tutin, T. G. et al., eds. 1964-1980. Flora europaea.
1	Native	Europe	Middle Europe	Czech Republic			Euro+Med Editorial Committee. Euro+Med Plantbase: the information resource for Euro-Mediterranean plant diversity (on-line resource). Note: = Elytrigia repens subsp. repens
1	Native	Europe	Middle Europe	Germany			Tutin, T. G. et al., eds. 1964-1980. Flora europaea.
1	Native	Europe	Middle Europe	Hungary			Tutin, T. G. et al., eds. 1964-1980. Flora europaea.
1	Native	Europe	Middle Europe	Netherlands			Tutin, T. G. et al., eds. 1964-1980. Flora europaea.
1	Native	Europe	Middle Europe	Poland			Tutin, T. G. et al., eds. 1964-1980. Flora europaea.
1	Native	Europe	Middle Europe	Switzerland			Tutin, T. G. et al., eds. 1964-1980. Flora europaea.
1	Native	Europe	Northern Europe	Denmark			Tutin, T. G. et al., eds. 1964-1980. Flora europaea.
1	Native	Europe	Northern Europe	Finland			Tutin, T. G. et al., eds. 1964-1980. Flora europaea.
1	Native	Europe	Northern Europe	Iceland			Tutin, T. G. et al., eds. 1964-1980. Flora europaea.
1	Native	Europe	Northern Europe	Ireland			Tutin, T. G. et al., eds. 1964-1980. Flora europaea.
1	Native	Europe	Northern Europe	Norway			Tutin, T. G. et al., eds. 1964-1980. Flora europaea.
1	Native	Europe	Northern Europe	Sweden			Tutin, T. G. et al., eds. 1964-1980. Flora europaea.
1	Native	Europe	Northern Europe	United Kingdom			Tutin, T. G. et al., eds. 1964-1980. Flora europaea.
1	Native	Europe	Southeastern Europe	Albania			Tutin, T. G. et al., eds. 1964-1980. Flora europaea.
1	Native	Europe	Southeastern Europe	Bulgaria			Tutin, T. G. et al., eds. 1964-1980. Flora europaea.
1	Native	Europe	Southeastern Europe	Croatia			Euro+Med Editorial Committee. Euro+Med Plantbase: the information resource for Euro-Mediterranean plant diversity (on-line resource). Note: = Elytrigia repens subsp. repens
1	Native	Europe	Southeastern Europe	Greece			Tutin, T. G. et al., eds. 1964-1980. Flora europaea.
1	Native	Europe	Southeastern Europe	Italy		incl. Sardinia, Sicily	Tutin, T. G. et al., eds. 1964-1980. Flora europaea.
1	Native	Europe	Southeastern Europe	Romania			Tutin, T. G. et al., eds. 1964-1980. Flora europaea.
1	Native	Europe	Southeastern Europe	Serbia			Euro+Med Editorial Committee. Euro+Med Plantbase: the information resource for Euro-Mediterranean plant diversity (on-line resource). Note: = Elytrigia repens subsp. repens
1	Native	Europe	Southeastern Europe	Slovenia			Euro+Med Editorial Committee. Euro+Med Plantbase: the information resource for Euro-Mediterranean plant diversity (on-line resource). Note: = Elytrigia repens subsp. repens
1	Native	Europe	Southwestern Europe	France		incl. Corsica	Tutin, T. G. et al., eds. 1964-1980. Flora europaea.
1	Native	Europe	Southwestern Europe	Spain		incl. Baleares	Tutin, T. G. et al., eds. 1964-1980. Flora europaea.
4	Naturalized	Africa	Macaronesia	Spain	Canarias
4	Naturalized	Africa	Southern Africa	South Africa			Plants of southern Africa: an online checklist. Note: = Elytrigia repens
4	Naturalized	Asia-Tropical	Indian Subcontinent	Bhutan			Grierson, A. J. C. & D. J. Long. 1984-. Flora of Bhutan including a record of plants from Sikkim. Note: = Elymus repens
4	Naturalized	Australasia	Australia	Australia			Randall, R. P. 2007. The introduced flora of Australia and its weed status.
4	Naturalized	Australasia	New Zealand	New Zealand
4	Naturalized	Northern America		North America
4	Naturalized	Southern America	Southern South America	Chile			Ugarte, E. et al. 2011. Vascular alien flora, Chile. Check List 7:365-380. Note: = Elymus repens
6	Other					exact native range obscure

Native
Africa

NORTHERN AFRICA: Algeria, Morocco, Tunisia

Asia-Temperate

WESTERN ASIA: Afghanistan, Cyprus, Iran, Iraq, Lebanon, Syria, Turkey
CAUCASUS: Russian Federation-Ciscaucasia [Ciscaucasia], Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Russian Federation [Dagestan]
SIBERIA: Russian Federation [Altay, Buryatia, Chita, Gorno-Altay, Irkutsk, Kemerovskaja oblast', Krasnoyarsk, Kurganskaja oblast', Novosibirsk, Omsk, Tyumen, Tyva, Respublika, Yakutia-Sakha]
MIDDLE ASIA: Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan
MONGOLIA: Mongolia
RUSSIAN FAR EAST: Russian Federation [Kurile Islands, Habarovskij kraj, Primorye, Amur, Kamčatskij kraj, Magadanskaja oblast' (s.), Sakhalin]
CHINA: China [Gansu Sheng, Hebei Sheng, Heilongjiang Sheng, Nei Mongol Zizhiqu, Qinghai Sheng, Sichuan Sheng, Xinjiang Uygur Zizhiqu, Xizang Zizhiqu, Yunnan Sheng]
EASTERN ASIA: Korea

Asia-Tropical

INDIAN SUBCONTINENT: India (n.), Pakistan

Europe

NORTHERN EUROPE: Denmark, Finland, United Kingdom, Ireland, Iceland, Norway, Sweden
MIDDLE EUROPE: Austria, Belgium, Switzerland, Czech Republic, Germany, Hungary, Netherlands, Poland
EASTERN EUROPE: Russian Federation-European part [European part], Belarus, Estonia, Lithuania, Latvia, Moldova, Russian Federation [Astrakhan, Kalmykija, Respublika, Saratov, Volgogradskaja oblast'], Ukraine (incl. Krym)
SOUTHEASTERN EUROPE: Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Croatia, Italy (incl. Sardinia, Sicily), Romania, Serbia, Slovenia
SOUTHWESTERN EUROPE: Spain (incl. Baleares), France (incl. Corsica)

Naturalized
Africa

MACARONESIA: Spain [Canarias]
SOUTHERN AFRICA: South Africa

Asia-Tropical

INDIAN SUBCONTINENT: Bhutan

Australasia

AUSTRALIA: Australia
NEW ZEALAND: New Zealand

Northern America

REGION: North America

Southern America

SOUTHERN SOUTH AMERICA: Chile

Other (exact native range obscure)

Reference(s)

Plants of southern Africa: an online checklist. Note: = Elytrigia repens
Davis, P. H., ed. 1965-1988. Flora of Turkey and the east Aegean islands.
Euro+Med Editorial Committee. Euro+Med Plantbase: the information resource for Euro-Mediterranean plant diversity (on-line resource). Note: = Elytrigia repens subsp. repens
Grierson, A. J. C. & D. J. Long. 1984-. Flora of Bhutan including a record of plants from Sikkim. Note: = Elymus repens
Randall, R. P. 2007. The introduced flora of Australia and its weed status.
Skvortsov, A. K., ed. 2006. Flora of the Lower Volga region 1:238. Note: lists as Elytrigia repens (L.) Nevski
Tutin, T. G. et al., eds. 1964-1980. Flora europaea.
Tzvelev, N. N. 1976. Zlaki SSSR Note: = Elytrigia repens subsp. repens
Ugarte, E. et al. 2011. Vascular alien flora, Chile. Check List 7:365-380. Note: = Elymus repens
Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994-. Flora of China (English edition). Note: = Elytrigia repens subsp. repens

Economic Uses

Usage	Type	Note	Reference
Animal food	fodder	as Agropyron repens	Townsend, C. C. & E. Guest. 1966-. Flora of Iraq. Note: = Agropyron repens (L.) P. Beauv.
Animal food	forage	as Agropyron repens	Townsend, C. C. & E. Guest. 1966-. Flora of Iraq. Note: = Agropyron repens (L.) P. Beauv.
Food additives	flavoring	as Elytrigia repens	Leung, A. Y. & S. Foster. 1996. Encyclopedia of common natural ingredients used in food, drugs, and cosmetics, ed. 2
Medicines	folklore	as Elytrigia repens	Leung, A. Y. & S. Foster. 1996. Encyclopedia of common natural ingredients used in food, drugs, and cosmetics, ed. 2
Medicines	folklore	as Elytrigia repens	Duke, J. A. et al. 2002. CRC Handbook of medicinal herbs Note: as Elytrigia repens
Medicines	folklore	as Elytrigia repens	McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker. 2000. Herbs of commerce, ed. 2 American Herbal Products Association, Silver Spring, Maryland. Note: as Elytrigia repens
Weed	seed contaminant	potential	CIBA-GEIGY, Basel, Switzerland. Documenta CIBA-GEIGY (Grass weeds 1. 1980, 2. 1981; Monocot weeds 3. 1982; Dicot weeds 1. 1988) Note: four books on weeds worldwide in scope
Weed	seed contaminant	potential	Weber, E. 2003. Invasive plant species of the world: a reference guide to environmental weeds

Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2026. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: https://npgstest.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail?id=454279. Accessed 15 April 2026.