10 Grasses in Northern America

A brief guide that looks at 10 Grasses in Northern America.

beardless wild rye

Leymus triticoides, with the common names creeping wild rye and beardless wild rye, is a species of wild rye. It is native to western North America from British Columbia to California and Texas.

Beardless wildrye is considered palatable to all livestock.

blue wild rye

A perennial grass that occurs throughout western North America from Alaska to Ontario southward to New Mexico, northern Arizona, California, and Mexico. Blue wildrye is rare in the Great Plains and eastward.

Native to Canada, lower 48 states, and Alaska.

Palatable Browse Animal Low
Palatable Graze Animal Medium

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