Index / Search / Elymus elymoides ssp. brevifolius
§1 Plant
Elymus elymoides (Raf.) Swezey ssp. brevifolius (J.G. Sm.) Barkworth
vernacular squirreltail — subspecies · Poaceae
§2Habit & range
Habit and range
- Growth habit
- Graminoid
- Duration
- Perennial
- Group
- Monocot
- Family
- Poaceae Barnhart
- Genus
- Elymus
§2a
Native status, by region
- L48 Lower 48 States Native
§2b
County-level range
· 248 counties across 17 states/territories§3Cultivation
No cultivation specs.
USDA has not characterised this taxon. Roughly four out of five plants in the database lack the detailed cultivation record present here — typically because they have not been the focus of NRCS Plant Materials work. Range and distribution data are unaffected.
§4Counties, by state
Recorded in 248 counties across 17 states/territories.
Arizona view state ↗ 11 N ▾
California view state ↗ 5 N ▾
Colorado view state ↗ 56 N ▾
- Adams 08001
- Alamosa 08003
- Arapahoe 08005
- Archuleta 08007
- Baca 08009
- Bent 08011
- Boulder 08013
- Chaffee 08015
- Cheyenne 08017
- Conejos 08021
- Costilla 08023
- Crowley 08025
- Custer 08027
- Delta 08029
- Douglas 08035
- Eagle 08037
- El Paso 08041
- Elbert 08039
- Garfield 08045
- Gilpin 08047
- Grand 08049
- Gunnison 08051
- Huerfano 08055
- Jackson 08057
- Jefferson 08059
- Kiowa 08061
- Kit Carson 08063
- La Plata 08067
- Lake 08065
- Larimer 08069
- Las Animas 08071
- Lincoln 08073
- Logan 08075
- Mesa 08077
- Mineral 08079
- Moffat 08081
- Montezuma 08083
- Montrose 08085
- Morgan 08087
- Otero 08089
- Ouray 08091
- Park 08093
- Pitkin 08097
- Prowers 08099
- Pueblo 08101
- Rio Blanco 08103
- Rio Grande 08105
- Routt 08107
- Saguache 08109
- San Juan 08111
- San Miguel 08113
- Sedgwick 08115
- Teller 08119
- Washington 08121
- Weld 08123
- Yuma 08125
Illinois view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Kansas view state ↗ 38 N ▾
- Barton 20009
- Cheyenne 20023
- Clark 20025
- Decatur 20039
- Ellis 20051
- Ford 20057
- Gove 20063
- Graham 20065
- Grant 20067
- Gray 20069
- Greeley 20071
- Hamilton 20075
- Harper 20077
- Haskell 20081
- Hodgeman 20083
- Jackson 20085
- Kearny 20093
- Lane 20101
- Lincoln 20105
- Logan 20109
- Meade 20119
- Morton 20129
- Ness 20135
- Norton 20137
- Rawlins 20153
- Republic 20157
- Rooks 20163
- Rush 20165
- Scott 20171
- Seward 20175
- Sheridan 20179
- Sherman 20181
- Stanton 20187
- Stevens 20189
- Thomas 20193
- Trego 20195
- Wallace 20199
- Wichita 20203
Missouri view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Montana view state ↗ 10 N ▾
Nebraska view state ↗ 10 N ▾
Nevada view state ↗ 7 N ▾
New Mexico view state ↗ 30 N ▾
- Bernalillo 35001
- Catron 35003
- Chaves 35005
- Cibola 35006
- Colfax 35007
- De Baca 35011
- Dona Ana 35013
- Eddy 35015
- Grant 35017
- Guadalupe 35019
- Harding 35021
- Hidalgo 35023
- Lea 35025
- Lincoln 35027
- Los Alamos 35028
- Luna 35029
- McKinley 35031
- Mora 35033
- Otero 35035
- Quay 35037
- Rio Arriba 35039
- San Juan 35045
- San Miguel 35047
- Sandoval 35043
- Santa Fe 35049
- Sierra 35051
- Socorro 35053
- Taos 35055
- Torrance 35057
- Valencia 35061
Oklahoma view state ↗ 8 N ▾
South Dakota view state ↗ 7 N ▾
Texas view state ↗ 49 N ▾
- Andrews 48003
- Armstrong 48011
- Bailey 48017
- Brewster 48043
- Childress 48075
- Cochran 48079
- Crockett 48105
- Culberson 48109
- Dallam 48111
- Deaf Smith 48117
- Dickens 48125
- Donley 48129
- Edwards 48137
- El Paso 48141
- Gaines 48165
- Garza 48169
- Gray 48179
- Hale 48189
- Hansford 48195
- Hartley 48205
- Howard 48227
- Hudspeth 48229
- Irion 48235
- Jeff Davis 48243
- Kimble 48267
- Lamb 48279
- Lubbock 48303
- Mitchell 48335
- Ochiltree 48357
- Oldham 48359
- Parmer 48369
- Pecos 48371
- Potter 48375
- Presidio 48377
- Randall 48381
- Reeves 48389
- Runnels 48399
- Schleicher 48413
- Shackelford 48417
- Sherman 48421
- Sterling 48431
- Sutton 48435
- Swisher 48437
- Taylor 48441
- Throckmorton 48447
- Tom Green 48451
- Upton 48461
- Ward 48475
- Wheeler 48483
Utah view state ↗ 2 N ▾
Wyoming view state ↗ 3 N ▾
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/ELELB2 ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/5672395 ↗Record version
Cached and built locally. Source version on this record:
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