genus
Lymegrass
Leymus
Field notes
Children
- American Lyme Grass native
- Lyme Grass native
- Giant Wild Rye native
- Great Basin Wildrye native
- Creeping Wild Rye native
- Siberian Lyme Grass
- Northwestern Wildrye native
- Vancouver Wildrye native
- Leymus ajanensis
- Leymus secalinus
- Salina Wildrye native
- Pacific Wild Rye native
- Many-flower Wild Rye native
- Yellow Wildrye native
- Leymus paboanus
- Narrowleaf Lyme Grass
- Colorado Wild Rye
- Many-stem Wild Rye
- Leymus akmolinensis
- Alkali Wild Rye
- Leymus erianthus
Range
Greener is more native, amber more introduced; paler is less certain. How this was decided
Key traits
- Layer
- Grasses and sedges
- Plant type
- Ornamental grasses and sedges Perennial
From USDA PLANTS.
Top native lymegrass All
Native to the US, ranked by caterpillars, then bees and other hosts, food, flowers and shelter.
-
Giant Wild Rye
Leymus condensatus
caterpillars
5
-
Lyme Grass
Leymus arenarius
caterpillars
2
food
1
-
Great Basin Wildrye
Leymus cinereus
caterpillars
1
-
American Lyme Grass
Leymus mollis
flowers
1
-
Creeping Wild Rye
Leymus triticoides
flowers
1
-
Northwestern Wildrye
Leymus innovatus
-
Salina Wildrye
Leymus salina
-
Pacific Wild Rye
Leymus pacificus
-
Yellow Wildrye
Leymus flavescens