Great Basin Wildrye (Leymus cinereus)

Great Basin Wildrye, a reference photo — Photo: Matt Lavin from Bozeman, Montana, USA · CC BY-SA 2.0 (licence)

Leymus cinereus is a species of wild rye known by the common names basin wild rye, Great Basin wild rye, and Great Basin lyme grass. It is common in western North America.

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Is it poisonous?

We have no record of Great Basin Wildrye being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.

Easily confused with

Psathyrostachys juncea
Leymus triticoides
Festuca kingii
Leymus racemosus

Classification

Kingdom: Plantae
Phylum: Tracheophyta
Class: Liliopsida
Order: Poales
Family: Poaceae
Genus: Leymus
Species: Leymus cinereus

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