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Internal ID UUID64402ffb3ae11932084028
Scientific name Elymus multisetus
Authority Burtt Davy
First published in Univ. Calif. Publ. Bot. 1: 57 (1902)

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The awns are usually bent or twisted. The grass is known by the common name big squirreltail due to the resemblance of the awns to a squirrel's tail. It is a valuable forage grass for livestock and wildlife.

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Scientific name Authority First published in
Sitanion breviaristatum J.G.Sm. Bull. Div. Agrostol. U.S.D.A. 18: 12 (1899)
Sitanion jubatum J.G.Sm. Bull. Div. Agrostol. U.S.D.A. 18: 10 (1899)
Sitanion multisetum J.G.Sm. Bull. Div. Agrostol. U.S.D.A. 18: 11 (1899)
Sitanion polyantherix J.G.Sm. Bull. Div. Agrostol. U.S.D.A. 18: 12 (1899)
Sitanion strictum Elmer Bot. Gaz. 36: 59. 1903
Sitanion villosum J.G.Sm. Bull. Div. Agrostol. U.S.D.A. 18: 11 (1899)

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English big squirreltail

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- Extinct
- Introduced
- Native
  • Northern America
    • Northwestern U.S.A.
      • Colorado
      • Idaho
      • Oregon
      • Washington
      • Wyoming
    • South-central U.S.A.
      • New Mexico
    • Southwestern U.S.A.
      • Arizona
      • California
      • Nevada
      • Utah

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Database ID/link to page
World Flora Online wfo-0000866512
USDA Plants ELMU3
Tropicos 25510982
KEW urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:90299-2
The Plant List kew-411383
Open Tree Of Life 1014810
NCBI Taxonomy 453164
Nature Serve 2.137118
IPNI 90299-2
iNaturalist 57167
GBIF 5290264
Freebase /m/063_013
EPPO ELYMU
Calflora (Californian flora) 2941
USDA GRIN 412002
Wikipedia Elymus_multisetus

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Title Authors Publication Released IDs
Habitat type and interannual variation shape unique fungal pathogen communities on a California native bunchgrass Farner JE, Spear ER, Mordecai EA Fungal Ecol 06-Sep-2020
PMCID:PMC7781277
doi:10.1016/j.funeco.2020.100983
PMID:33408755
The use of strip-seeding for management of two late-season invasive plants Silva AD, Roche LM, Gornish ES Heliyon 22-May-2019
PMCID:PMC6535581
doi:10.1016/j.heliyon.2019.e01772
PMID:31193533
Summer dormancy, drought survival and functional resource acquisition strategies in California perennial grasses Balachowski JA, Bristiel PM, Volaire FA Ann Bot 20-Jun-2016
PMCID:PMC4970370
doi:10.1093/aob/mcw109
PMID:27325898
Incorporating Climate Change and Exotic Species into Forecasts of Riparian Forest Distribution Ikeda DH, Grady KC, Shuster SM, Whitham TG PLoS One 12-Sep-2014
PMCID:PMC4162564
doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0107037
PMID:25216285
Non-random biodiversity loss underlies predictable increases in viral disease prevalence Lacroix C, Jolles A, Seabloom EW, Power AG, Mitchell CE, Borer ET J R Soc Interface 06-Mar-2014
PMCID:PMC3899862
doi:10.1098/rsif.2013.0947
PMID:24352672
Genetic variation in adaptive traits and seed transfer zones for Pseudoroegneria spicata (bluebunch wheatgrass) in the northwestern United States Bradley St. Clair J, Kilkenny FF, Johnson RC, Shaw NL, Weaver G Evol Appl 06-Jun-2013
PMCID:PMC3779094
doi:10.1111/eva.12077
PMID:24062802
Untangling Nucleotide Diversity and Evolution of the H Genome in Polyploid Hordeum and Elymus Species Based on the Single Copy of Nuclear Gene DMC1 Sun D, Sun G PLoS One 10-Dec-2012
PMCID:PMC3519468
doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0050369
PMID:23251367
Native Perennial Grasses Show Evolutionary Response to Bromus tectorum (Cheatgrass) Invasion Goergen EM, Leger EA, Espeland EK PLoS One 30-Mar-2011
PMCID:PMC3068177
doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0018145
PMID:21479185
Competitive seedlings and inherited traits: a test of rapid evolution of Elymus multisetus (big squirreltail) in response to cheatgrass invasion Rowe CL, Leger EA Evol Appl 29-Oct-2010
PMCID:PMC3352529
doi:10.1111/j.1752-4571.2010.00162.x
PMID:25567997
Virus infection and grazing exert counteracting influences on survivorship of native bunchgrass seedlings competing with invasive exotics MALMSTROM C, STONER C, BRANDENBURG S, NEWTON L J Ecol 01-Mar-2006
PMCID:PMC1413584
doi:10.1111/j.1365-2745.2006.01101.x
PMID:18784788
Variability in Thermal response of Primed and Non‐primed Seeds of Squirreltail [Elymus elymoides (Raf.) Swezey and Elymus multisetus (J. G. Smith) M. E. Jones] HARDEGREE SP, JONES TA, VACTOR SS Ann Bot 01-Mar-2002
PMCID:PMC4233822
doi:10.1093/aob/mcf043
PMID:12096743

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