Poaceae
Alaskan wheatgrass
Elymus alaskanus
- Family
- Poaceae
- Genus
- Elymus
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Common names
By language (2)
- English
- Alaskan wheatgrass
- Finnish
- Tunturivehniö
Synonyms
- Agropyron alaskanum Scribn. & Merr.
- Agropyron boreale subsp. alaskanum (Scribn. & Merr.) Melderis
- Agropyron boreale var. alaskanum (Scribn. & Merr.) S.L.Welsh
- Elymus kronokensis var. alascanus (Scribn. & Merr.) Jaaska
- Roegneria alaskana (Scribn. & Merr.) V.N.Vassil.
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Graminoid
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Alaska: native, Canada: native, Greenland: native, Lower 48 states: native
Photos
Photo: Jeffery M. Saarela, Paul C. Sokoloff, Roger D. Bull, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.