wild rye

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wild rye

Any of various grasses of the genus Elymus of the Northern Hemisphere.

wild rye

(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Plants) any of various perennial grasses of the N temperate genus Elymus, resembling cultivated rye in having paired bristly ears or spikes and flat leaves

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wild rye - any of several grasses of the genus Elymus

grass - narrow-leaved green herbage: grown as lawns; used as pasture for grazing animals; cut and dried as hay

Elymus, genus Elymus - tall tufted perennial grasses (such as lyme grass or wild rye)

Canada wild rye, Elymus canadensis - North American wild rye

Elymus caput-medusae, medusa's head - weedy rye grass having long bristling awns

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Canada wild rye Elymus Elymus canadensis Elymus caput-medusae family Graminaceae family Gramineae family Poaceae genus Elymus Graminaceae Gramineae Grass grass family lyme grass medusa's head Poaceae rye			It is often found with other species of plants such as wool grass, other sedges, brome grass, soft rush, bulrush, ox eye daisy, Viriginia wild rye, ironweed, sneeze wood, monkey flower, pye weed and boneset. Fox Sedge Grass by Tammy Sons / Home improvement and landscaping community Morowski) Cunningham, 70, of 319 Wild Rye Place, died at her residence on May 29 after a long illness. Vivian G. (Morowski) Cunningham by Telegram & Gazette (Worcester, MA) In order to understand the literal idea of the symbolic compost, we describe the scientific process and interpretation as the students explore it in a series of brief laboratory exercises devoted to the actual process of leaf litter decomposition and application of decomposition products to growing wild rye plants. Collaborative teaching and ecological literacy by Stark, Mary / Academic Exchange Quarterly			wild pansy wild parsley wild parsnip wild pea wild peach wild peanut Wild pieplant Wild pigeon wild pink wild pitch Wild plantain wild plum wild plum tree wild potato wild potato vine wild pumpkin wild quinine wild radish wild rape wild raspberry wild red oat wild rice wild rose wild rosemary wild rubber wild rye wild sage wild sarsaparilla wild sarsparilla wild senna wild sensitive plant Wild service wild service tree wild sheep wild silk wild snapdragon wild Spaniard wild spinach wild spurge wild strawberry wild swan wild sweet pea wild sweet potato vine wild tamarind wild teasel wild thyme wild tobacco wild track wild turkey wild type wild vanilla			Wild Register Data Setup Register Wild Register Data Test Setup Register Wild Relatives of Main Crops Wild Resource Conservation Fund Wild Resource Conservation Program wild rice wild rice Wild Rice Trail Association Wild Rice Watershed District Wild Ride Fly Faster Wild River Ranch Alpacas Wild River State Park Wild Rivers Recreation Area Wild Rockies Earth First Wild Rockies Field Institute Wild Rogue Balloon Festival Wild Rose Wild Rose Wild Rose Wild Rose Cavy Club Wild Rose Draft Horse Association Wild Rose English Springer Spaniel Association of Alberta Wild Rose Independent Film Festival Wild Rose Miata Club wild rosemary Wild roses Wild roses Wild roses wild rubber wild rye wild sage Wild Salmon Production Evaluation wild sarsaparilla wild sarsparilla wild senna wild sensitive plant Wild service wild service tree wild service trees wild service trees Wild Service-tree wild sheep wild shot wild silk wild snapdragon wild snow wild sorghum wild sorghum wild sorghum wild sorghum Wild sound Wild Spaniard Wild Spikenard wild spinach wild spurge Wild Stock Restoration Initiative wild strawberry wild strawberry wild strawberry wild sunflower

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