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Beardless Wildrye

Leymus triticoides

Beardless wildrye is a vigorous, rhizomatous western grass that spreads into uniform blue-green stands, used for erosion control and restoration on alkaline and seasonally wet soils.

Family
Poaceae
Type
grass
Lifespan
perennial
Height
2–4 ft
Spacing
2–4 ft apart
Light
sun
Soil moisture
moist, dry
Soil pH
neutral, alkaline
Bloom
June, July
Bloom colors
green, brown
Wildlife value
songbirds, larval host, mammals
Landscape uses
specimen, border, erosion control, naturalizing
Native states
AZ, CA, CO, ID, NV, OR, UT, WA, WY