Wild rye is a common name used for several
grass
Poaceae () or Gramineae () is a large and nearly ubiquitous family of monocotyledonous flowering plants commonly known as grasses. It includes the cereal grasses, bamboos and the grasses of natural grassland and species cultivated in lawns an ...
es. Wild ryes belong to any of three
genera
Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms as well as viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus comes above species and below family. In binomial nomenclat ...
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Elymus'' (wheatgrasses)
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Leymus
''Leymus'' is a genus of plants in the grass family Poaceae (Gramineae). It is widespread across Europe, Asia, and the Americas.
* ''Leymus aemulans'' - Xinjiang, Central Asia
* ''Leymus ajanensis'' - Siberia, Russian Far East, Alaska
* '' Ley ...
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Psathyrostachys''
Poaceae
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