| Elymus texensis | |
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| Conservation status | |
 Critically Imperiled (NatureServe) | |
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 |
| Binomial name | |
| Elymus texensis J.J.N. Campb. | |
Elymus texensis, commonly called Texas wildrye, 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. Its natural habitat is on calcareous bluffs in Juniperus woodlands and grassy areas.
Elymus texensis is a recently discovered and poorly known species. It was described to science in 2006. It is currently only documented from three collections, 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.
References
- Elymus texensis NatureServe
- NRCS. "Elymus texensis". PLANTS Database. United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). Retrieved 28 April 2018.
- ^ "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.
- ^ 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.
| Taxon identifiers | |
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| Elymus texensis | |