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Elymus elymoides (Raf.) Swezey ssp. elymoides[FNA24, HC2]
bottlebrush squirreltail, California squirreltail

Publication: Nebraska Fl. Pl. 15. 1891.

Origin: Native

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Notes: FNA24: "Elymus elymoides subsp. elymoides grows in desert and shrub-steppe areas of western North America, extending to the western edge of the Great Plains and, as an adventive, occasionally further east. It is frequently associated with disturbed sites."

Last updated 12/4/2023 by David Giblin.

Synonyms & Misapplied Names:
Elymus elymoides (Raf.) Swezey ssp. californicus (J.G. Sm.) Barkworth
Sitanion hystrix (Nutt.) J.G. Sm. var. californicum (J.G. Sm.) F.D. Wils.