Great Basin Lyme Grass

Leymus cinereus

General Status Rank: 
Not Ranked (Not Assessed)
Common Name: 
Great Basin Lyme Grass
Scientific Name: 
Leymus cinereus
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Taxonomy
Group: 
Vascular Plant
Kingdom: 
Plantae
Phylum: 
Magnoliophyta
Class: 
Monocotyledoneae
Order: 
Poales
Family: 
Poaceae
Distribution

Number of Occurrences

The specimen M Oldham tentatively identified (R2019001) as Leymus cinereus from NWT was revised to L. angustus (likely also new to NWT) by Peter W. Ball and Jeffrey M. Saarela (independently). It is on iNaturalist (https://inaturalist.ca/observations/52186109) though only field photos; specimen at NHIC and additional photos to the iNat observation. Duplicate at BABY. Collection details below. M.J. Oldham # 43681, specimen record, replicates at CAN, TRTE, BABY, NHIC# 01591; identified as Leymus angustus by P.W. Ball April 2017, !J.M. Saarela April 2017 (sub L. ? cinereus det. MJ Oldham); roadside; south side of highway; patch ca. 3 m long; photo; 08/08/2016; "not L. cinereus as your plant has a stout rhizome, the culms are up to 7 mm thick, and the ligules are less than 1 mm, truncate-erose" (PW Ball): email from MOldham to B Bennett January 18, 2023.Leymus cinereus in NWT
References: 
R2019001
General Status Rank
Rank: 
Not Ranked (Not Assessed)
Status Rank Description: 
ranked based on literature (road survey 2016)
Decision Process Description: 
new in 2016; Modified from Alien to Not Assessed ( Reported But False) in 2023
Last Updated: 
February 14, 2023

References

Number of Occurrences

  • Oldham, Michael J. and Mireille Delisle-Oldham (2017) Report on the 2016 Survey of Exotic Plants along Northwest Territories Highways. GNWT and 1Ontario Natural Heritage Information Centre 53 pp with Additional excell Appendix F ENR wedpage, Appendix F on DIIMS - R2019001 Return