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PLANTS

Eastern wildrye

Elymus virginicus

Plants
NativeHerbPerennialYellow flowers
Eastern wildrye, photo 1 of 5
Eastern wildrye, In flower
Eastern wildrye, In fruit
85 cmHeight

Perennial herbaceous plant reaching 85 cm. Grows in marshes.

There are 197 observations of Eastern wildrye in Québec, mostly in Estrie, Montérégie and Outaouais, and it has been reported in 12 of the 17 regions. They peak in August and become rare from November to June.

Through the year

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Where to see it

  1. Estrie42
  2. Montérégie40
  3. Outaouais27
  4. Montréal23
  5. Capitale-Nationale19
  6. Laurentides16
  7. Chaudière-Appalaches13
  8. Centre-du-Québec7
  9. Mauricie4
  10. Lanaudière3
  11. Laval2
  12. Bas-Saint-Laurent1

Habitat

MarshAlexander Rumpel

Similar species

Great Plains wildryeElymus canadensis
Bread wheatTriticum aestivum
Slender wild-ryeElymus villosus
River wild-ryeElymus riparius
TOXIC
Cultivated annual ryeSecale cereale
Sweet vernalgrassAnthoxanthum odoratum
Bottlebrush grassElymus hystrix
Awnless wildryeElymus curvatus
Stout wood reed-grassCinna arundinacea
Yellow indian-grassSorghastrum nutans
QuackgrassElymus repens
Broadleaf chasmanthiumChasmanthium latifolium