Poaceae

Canada wildrye

Elymus canadensis L.

Family: Poaceae
Genus: Elymus

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Common names

By language (7)

Chinese: 加拿大披碱草
Czech: Pýrovník kanadský
English: Canada wildrye, Wiegand's wildrye
Finnish: Kanadanvehniö
French: Élyme du Canada
nv: Tłʼoh ntłʼizítsoh
Swedish: Kanadaelm

Synonyms

Clinelymus canadensis (L.) Nevski
Elymus brachystachys Scribn. & C.R.Ball
Elymus canadensis f. calvescens (Fernald) Bowden
Elymus canadensis f. canadensis
Elymus canadensis f. crescendus Ramaley
Elymus canadensis f. glaucifolius (Muhl. ex Willd.) Fernald
Elymus canadensis f. wiegandii (Fernald) Scoggan
Elymus canadensis subsp. canadensis
Elymus canadensis subsp. wiegandii (Fernald) Á.Löve
Elymus canadensis var. albanensis Lepage
Elymus canadensis var. brachystachys (Scribn. & C.R.Ball) Farw.
Elymus canadensis var. canadensis
Elymus canadensis var. glaucifolius (Muhl. ex Willd.) Trevir.
Elymus canadensis var. hirsutus (Farw.) Dorn
Elymus canadensis var. pendulus Eaton & Wright
Elymus canadensis var. philadelphicus (L.) Farw.
Elymus canadensis var. robustus (Scribn. & J.G.Sm.) Mack. & Bush
Elymus canadensis var. villosus Bates
Elymus canadensis var. wiegandii (Fernald) Bowden
Elymus crescendus (Ramaley) C.F.Wheeler
Elymus glaucifolius Muhl. ex Willd.
Elymus glaucifolius var. crescendus (Ramaley) Bush
Elymus glaucifolius var. robustus (Scribn. & J.G.Sm.) Bush
Elymus philadelphicus L.
Elymus philadelphicus var. brachystachys (Scribn. & C.R.Ball) Farw.
Elymus philadelphicus var. hirsutus Farw.
Elymus philadelphicus var. pendulus (Eaton & Wright) Farw.
Elymus philadelphicus var. robustus (Scribn. & J.G.Sm.) Farw.
Elymus robustus Scribn. & J.G.Sm.
Elymus robustus var. vestitus Wiegand
Elymus wiegandii Fernald
Elymus wiegandii f. calvescens Fernald
Elymus wiegandii f. wiegandii
Hordeum canadense (L.) Asch. & Graebn.
Hordeum patulum Moench
Roegneria canadensis (L.) Hyl.
Sitanion brodei Piper
Terrellia canadensis (L.) Lunell
Terrellia canadensis var. glaucifolia (Muhl.) Lunell
Terrellia canadensis var. glaucifolia (Willd.) Lunell ex Hitchc.

Flowers

Flower colour: yellow (USDA PLANTS Database)

Characteristics

Growth habit: Graminoid
Lifespan: Perennial
In the US and Canada: Canada: native, Lower 48 states: native

Photos

Photo: Crazytwoknobs, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Matt Lavin from Bozeman, Montana, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Matt Lavin from Bozeman, Montana, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Matt Lavin from Bozeman, Montana, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Matt Lavin from Bozeman, Montana, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Andrey Zharkikh from Salt Lake City, USA, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Andrey Zharkikh from Salt Lake City, USA, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Andrey Zharkikh from Salt Lake City, USA, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Andrey Zharkikh from Salt Lake City, USA, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Patrick Alexander from Las Cruces, NM, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Patrick Alexander from Las Cruces, NM, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 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.