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our Western shores from Santa Cruz, Cal., northward to within the Arctic zone. = 
It is one of the best grasses known for binding the drifting sands of the coast a 
and in northern Europe has been cultivated along with Beach-grass for this 
Beach-grass arrests and collects about itself the Lyme-grass secures and holds 
fast. ead seeds are used for food by the Digger Indians of the Northwest, and 
as the grass springs ia around their deserted lodges it is called by the oe 
a Bancheria" grass. This Lyme-grass is usually regarded as possessing little o 
no forage value, but in very moist climates or under certain favorable pers 
tions it may yield a valuable fodder, for when young the grass is tender and 
nutritious 
Elymus canadensis Linn. Wild s Terrell-grass; Canada 5 
A rather stout, smooth perennial, 3 5 feet high, with broad, flat leaves, 6 to 12 
inches long. The bearded iei are arranged in à a tani spike or “head,” 
which has some resemblance to a head of rye. Common in low thickets and 
along diego in rich, open woods throughout the country. It has no recognized 
agrieultural value, but its cultivation is evidently worthy 
of trial, for if it could be successfully grown its yield of 
hay would be us and from appearances the hay would 
be of good qualit 
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ymus condensatus Presl. Giant Rye-grass; Rye-grass; 
Western Rye-grass 
The p of the native Rye-grasses, growing to the height of 
Common in the Rocky Mountain regions and 
on the Pacific AURS usually growing along rivers or streams, 
the banks of which are protected and held together by the 
trong, sp phu rootstocks of the grass. This grass is 
useful for holding the sand on railway banks, etc. When 
young, this grass p u— hay, and when allowed 
to stand it afford amount of fodder for stock 
on the winter ranges. 
Elymus hystrix. (See Asprella hystrix.) 
Elymus mollis Trin. Soft Sea Lyme-grass. 
A grass which closely resembles and has the same habit of 
growth as Elymus pianin It is distinguished by having 
the stem soft-downy just below the head or spike and in 
having five- to seven-flowered spikelets, the outer glumes 
of which are broader and five- to seven-nerved. is grass 
oceurs along the shores of the Great Lakes and northward 
n both the Atlantie and Pacifie coasts. 
Elymus striatus Willd. Dennett-grass; Slender Hairy Lyme- 
Fic. 20.—Terrel- grass. 1 
(Hym eee 1 tender ‘perennial, 4^ to 8 Leet high, with bristly, iodding | 
. Spikes or heads. A native grass found in moist thickets, along streams, etc. Of À 
no recognized agricultural value. : 
Elymus triticoides Nutt. Wild Wheat; Wild Rye. : 
By some this has been regarded as a small, reduced form of Elymus condensatus, men- 
Mosen above. It grows: to the height c of 3 to 3or 4 WA. and isnative of the Rocky . 
Pacifi p y to the Mississippi. | 
While it is a | grass of good appearance and possibly of some SS value, 
tempts have been made to eultivate it. man 
