Thinopyrum elongatum
Thinopyrum elongatum
Synonyms: Elymus elongatus, Elytrigia elongata, Agropyron giganteum, Lophopyrum haifense, Lophopyrum scirpeum, Thinopyrum scirpeum, Agropyron elongatum subsp. scirpeum, Elytrigia elongata var. haifensis, Agropyron rigidum, Triticum giganteum, Triticum scirpeum, Agropyron elongatum subvar. glabrum, Elytrigia elongata subsp. salsa, Elymus scirpeus, Agropyron elongatum subvar. puberulum, Agropyron elongatum var. scirpeum, Elytrigia elongata subsp. haifensis, Lophopyrum elongatum, Elymus elongatus subsp. haifensis, Triticum elongatum, Triticum junceum var. rigidum, Agropyron elongatum, Elytrigia elongata subsp. scirpea, Agropyron scirpeum, Agropyron scirpeum var. gracile, Triticum junceum var. giganteum, Elymus elongatus subsp. salsus, Agropyron scirpeum var. involucratum, Braconotia rigida, Elytrigia scirpea, Agropyron rigidum subsp. elongatum, Agropyron haifense
Botanical Description
Thinopyrum elongatum, commonly called tall wheatgrass, is a robust perennial grass of the Poaceae family that forms erect, tufted clumps reaching up to about 1.5 metres in height. Stems arise from short rhizomes or a clumping crown, bearing long, narrow, somewhat tough, blue-green leaf blades that taper to a fine point. Sheaths are smooth and ligules are short and membranous. Flowering culms terminate in a slender, spike-like inflorescence with spikelets arranged solitarily and alternately along the rachis, each spikelet containing several florets enclosed by firm glumes and lemmas. The species is native to the eastern Mediterranean and adjacent western Asia, where it grows on saline, alkaline or seasonally waterlogged soils along coastal flats, marsh margins and inland salt steppe. It is widely cultivated outside its native range as a forage grass and for revegetation of saline and degraded land.
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Traditional American Uses
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