intermediate wheatgrass
elymus hispidus latin

Intermediate wheatgrass has fair drought, salt, high water table and flooding tolerance.

Intermediate Wheatgrass is used for pasture and hay in areas, which receive more than 15 inches of precipitation.

Intermediate wheatgrass is easily established from seed.

Some examples of new perennial crops being developed are perennial rice and intermediate wheatgrass.

Intermediate wheatgrass is the most widely used common name for Thinopyrum intermedium in the United States.

Kernza is a trademarked name held by the Land Institute for the processed grains of intermediate wheatgrass.

The native range of intermediate wheatgrass extends from central and southeastern Europe to Asia Minor.

Habitat Habitat for wildlife - intermediate wheatgrass can be an excellent food source for grazing and browsing animals.

Intermediate wheatgrass, Thinopyrum intermedium, has been widely hybridized with wheat in the effort to transfer traits such as disease resistance or perenniality.

Thinopyrum (intermediate wheatgrass, Russian wheatgrass, thick quackgrass)

Thinopyrum intermedium, known commonly as intermediate wheatgrass, is a sod-forming perennial grass in the Triticeae tribe of Pooideae.

Establishment and demonstration of smooth bromegrass, smooth bromegrass/alfalfa and intermediate wheatgrass/alfalfa for hay production.

Grasses found in the forested areas include Idaho fescue, intermediate wheatgrass, bluebunch wheatgrass, bottlebrush squirreltail, and Thurber needlegrass.

The Land Institute is developing an intermediate wheatgrass (Thinopyrum intermedium) grain trademarked as Kernza, which has not yet been sold commercially as of 2013.

The name was intended to distinguish varieties of the species developed for use as a perennial grain crop from forage cultivars which are identified by the common name "intermediate wheatgrass."

Intermediate wheatgrass is nutritionally similar to wheat, and the grain can be ground into flour and used for food products, including muffins, tortillas, pancakes, cookies, crackers, and breads.

Several different expressions of male sterility were observed in the plants sampled for the study of pollen and anther development in the third substitution backcross generation to intermediate wheatgrass.

• grasses: all Agropyron spp.; including quackgrass, crested wheatgrass, intermediate wheatgrass, etc., Hordeum spp.; wild barley (foxtail barley).

Whereas annuals such as corn tend to deplete soil organic matter and require inputs, a perennial grain such as intermediate wheatgrass can yield crops while building soil organic matter.

Trials with intermediate wheatgrass, the product of which is trademarked by the Land Institute as "Kernza," show that it can be grown as a "multi-functional" crop, yielding various commodities as well as ecosystem services.

Forage crops The demonstration included varieties of italian ryegrass, annual ryegrass, meadow bromegrass, daharian wild ryegrass, tall fescue. orchard grass, reed canarygrass, slender wheatgrass, intermediate wheatgrass, alfalfa, red clover, birdsfoot trefoil, and timothy.

Squirreltail, bluebunch wheatgrass, crested wheatgrass, intermediate wheatgrass, Thurber's needlegrass, needle and thread, Indian ricegrass, sandberg bluegrass, and sheep fescue are all competitive grasses that work well when renovating an area previously infested with medusahead in the western United States.

Grass portraits Back Elymus hispidus Height 0.75 (m) Erect pale silvery-blue leaves.