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Elymus riparius ~ riverbank wild rye

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Characteristics:

FACW
Michigan C Value: 8
narrower glumes and more numerous leaves than E. canadensis
glumes less than 1mm wide and only scarcely widened above the base
base of sheath does NOT wrap around spike stem
stiff bristles
largest paleas (lowest in a spikelet) are 7–8mm long
9–10 leaves on a culm
native

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