WildRye

=Wild Rye   =

//Elymus villosus //
Grass family (Poaceae)

//DESCRIPTION: // This native perennial grass is 2½–3½' tall and unbranched, often forming tufts of culms at the base. Each culm is green and the blades of the leaves are up to 9" long and nearly ½" across. They are dark green and a little fuzzy. The leaf sheaths are green, finely ribbed, and covered with spreading white hairs. The apex of each sheath wraps tightly around the culm, where there is a pair of auricles (ear-like extensions of the sheath). //ENVIRONMENT: // It usaully likes to grow in partial sunny partial shady weather. Also it is usually likes to be in moist to slightly dry places and will grow in fertile soil. //HABITAT: // Wild Rye can be found in almost any state in the US. It will usually be found in woodlands, prairies, savanas, road sides, and small meadows. // BLOOMGING: // In the summer time.  This picture was taken by our 8th period biology class. It was taken at the Ames High Prairie on 2008.

http://plants.usda.gov/java/profile?symbol=ELGL -This is a USDA website that tells a lot about different plants.

