''Leymus condensatus'', the giant wildrye, is a wild rye grass native to eastern Oregon,

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Description

''Leymus condensatus'' also commonly referred to as ''Canyon Prince'' is a type of wild rye that is part of the ''Poaceae'' (Grass Family). It grows in bunches or clumps, a bunch grass, stays green all year, and has a distinctive silver blue foliage. It is drought tolerant, growing in

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, the California oak woodlands of southern oak woodland and foothill woodland, and Joshua tree woodlands, rarely in

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. It often hybridizes with '' Leymus triticoides'', producing the common hybrid grass ''Leymus x multiflorus''. The plant's leaves and seeds are often consumed by both mammals and birds.

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