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Riverbank Wildrye (Elymus riparius Wiegand)

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Photo © Henry Frye, Public Domain.

↑Summary

A perennial, cool-season bunchgrass native mostly to northeastern North America, typically found in riparian areas.

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Legend	Color
Native
Native or Not Present
Introduced or Not Present

This tentative map is based on our own research. It may have limited data on Canada and/or Mexico, and there is some subjectivity in our assignment of plants as introduced vs. expanded. Read more in this blog post.

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↑Links & External Resources

• Elymus riparius (Riverbank Wild Rye) | Illinois Wildflowers (About This Site)

• Elymus riparius (riverbank wildrye) | USDA PLANTS Database (About This Site)

• Elymus riparius | Go Botany (About This Site)

• River Wild Rye | iNaturalist (About This Site)

• Elymus riparius | Biota of North America Project (BONAP) (About This Site)

• Elymus riparius | NatureServe Explorer (About This Site)

• Elymus riparius | Flora of North America (About This Site)

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Photo © Bonnie Isaac, Public Domain.