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Elymus (trachycaulus)

Carol and Jerry Baskin
Professors
University of Kentucky
University of Kentucky
Lexington, Kentucky 40506-0225
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Family Scientific Name: Poaceae
Family Common Name: Grass family
Scientific Name: Elymus trachycaulus (Link) Gould ex Shinners trachycaulus (Link) Gould ex Shinners
Common Synonym: Agropyron trachycaulum (Link) Malte.
Common Name: Bearded wheatgrass
Species Code: ELYTRA
General Distribution: E. trachycaulus ssp. trachycaulus is found from Alaska to Labrador and south to Kansas, California and Arizona.
Propagation Goal: plants
Propagation Method: seed
ProductType: Container (plug)
Time To Grow: 0
Propagule Processing: Seeds are non dormant.
Pre-Planting Treatments: Germination occurs at 15D/4N C alternating temperature cycle.
References: McElgunn, J. D. (1974). Germination response of forage grasses to constant and alternating temperatures. Can. J. Plant Sci. 54, 265-270.
Table 10.25 In: Baskin, C.J. and Baskin, J.M. Seeds: Ecology, Biogeography and Evolution in Dormancy and Germination, Academic Press, 1998. Chapter 10: A Geographical Perspective on Germination Ecology: Temperate and Arctic Zones, pages 331 to 458.

Citation:

Baskin, Jerry M.; Baskin, Carol C.. 2007. Propagation protocol for production of Container (plug) Elymus trachycaulus (Link) Gould ex Shinners plants University of Kentucky Lexington, Kentucky. In: Native Plant Network. URL: https://NativePlantNetwork.org (accessed 2025/04/28). US Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, National Center for Reforestation, Nurseries, and Genetic Resources.