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Agropyre de l'Ouest

Elymus smithii (Rydb.) Gould

Family
Poaceae
Genus
Elymus

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Agropyre de l'Ouest: Agropyron smithii is perhaps the most common plant species in the CMR Refuge area.
Photo: Matt Lavin from Bozeman, Montana, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons

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Common names

By language (2)
Chinese
西方披碱草, 硬叶偃麦草
English
Agropyre de l'Ouest, Chiendent de Smith

Synonyms

  • Agropyron glaucum var. occidentale Scribn.
  • Agropyron molle (Scribn. & J.G.Sm.) Rydb.
  • Agropyron occidentale (Scribn.) Scribn.
  • Agropyron occidentale var. molle (Scribn. & J.G.Sm.) Scribn.
  • Agropyron occidentale var. occidentale
  • Agropyron occidentale var. palmeri (Scribn. & J.G.Sm.) Scribn.
  • Agropyron palmeri (Scribn. & J.G.Sm.) Rydb.
  • Agropyron smithii Rydb.
  • Agropyron smithii f. molle (Scribn. & J.G.Sm.) Gillett & Senn
  • Agropyron smithii var. molle (Scribn. & J.G.Sm.) M.E.Jones
  • Agropyron smithii var. palmeri (Scribn. & J.G.Sm.) A.Heller
  • Agropyron smithii var. smithii
  • Agropyron smithii var. typicum Waterf.
  • Agropyron spicatum var. molle Scribn. & J.G.Sm.
  • Agropyron spicatum var. palmeri Scribn. & J.G.Sm.
  • Agropyron spicatum var. viride Farw.
  • Elytrigia smithii (Rydb.) Nevski
  • Elytrigia smithii var. molle (Scribn. & J.G.Sm.) Beetle
  • Pascopyrum smithii (Rydb.) Á.Löve
  • Pascopyrum smithii (Rydb.) Barkworth & D.R.Dewey
  • Zeia mollis (Scribn. & J.G.Sm.) Lunell
  • Zeia occidentalis (Scribn.) Lunell
  • Zeia smithii (Rydb.) Lunell

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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). About our plant data.