Elymus texensis, commonly called Texas wildrye,[2] is a species of flowering plant in the grass family (Poaceae). It is native to United States, where it is endemic to the Edwards Plateau of Texas.[3][4] Its natural habitat is on calcareous bluffs in Juniperus woodlands and grassy areas.[3]
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Clade: | Commelinids |
| Order: | Poales |
| Family: | Poaceae |
| Subfamily: | Pooideae |
| Genus: | Elymus |
| Species: | E. texensis
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Elymus texensis is a recently discovered and poorly known species. It was described to science in 2006.[5] It is currently only documented from three collections,[3] although further surveys will likely reveal more localities. It appears to be most morphologically similar to Elymus pringlei, which is found further south in Mexico.[5]
References
edit- ^ Elymus texensis NatureServe
- ^ USDA, NRCS (n.d.). "Elymus texensis". The PLANTS Database (plants.usda.gov). Greensboro, North Carolina: National Plant Data Team. Retrieved 28 April 2018.
- ^ a b c "Elymus". Grass Manual on the Web. Archived from the original on April 15, 2017.
- ^ "Elymus texensis". County-level distribution map from the North American Plant Atlas (NAPA). Biota of North America Program (BONAP). 2014. Retrieved 28 April 2018.
- ^ a b Campbell, Julian (2006). "Two new species of Elymus (Poaceae) in the southern U.S.A. and other notes on North American Elymus species". SIDA, Contributions to Botany. 22 (1): 485–494. JSTOR 41968599.
