Elymus diversiglumis
Variable-Glumed Wild-Rye
Pistil
Rendek Elm Forest at Confluence of Smoking Tent Creek and Red Deer River,
East of Hudson Bay
30-July-2022
Note the apex of the ovary is pubescent.
I believe this specimen is a variety of Elymus diversiglumis that overlaps with E. canadensis as described by Anna Leighton in the publication listed below:
"Some of our specimens overlap with E. canadensis in glume characteristics. In these specimens, the glumes are setaceous-subsetaceous, 0.5 to 0.7 mm wide and sometimes 3-nerved, and ± equal in length at most nodes. The 3 features, which, when taken together, are most useful to distinguish these intermediates from E. canadensis are wide leaves, short glumes and occurrence in moist wooded habitat."
This specimen was collected in a moist wooded floodplain of Smoking Tent Creek.
The following items are taken from keys in Flora of Saskatchewan, Fascicle 4, Grasses of Saskatchewan by Anna L. Leighton and Vernon L. Harms. Family Poaceae is first divided into tribes, then the tribes are divided into genera, and the genera divided into species. However, there are a number of tribes that are very difficult to distinguish morphologically. These are grouped into a large, artificial tribe I call "Multitribe". Multitribe is then divided into groups, and each group is then divided into genera. The answers are in the order you would normally work through the keys.
![]() | Triticeae: Answers to key questions leading to this tribe.
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![]() | Elymus: Answers to key questions leading to this genus. Not all the answers apply to all members of Elymus, but they all do apply to a subset containing E. diversiglumis).
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![]() | Diversiglumis: Answers to key questions leading to this species.
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