Scientific Name:
ELYMUS CANADENSIS
Common Name:
CANADA WILDRYE
Erosion Index:
GOOD
Erosion Index Value:
6.67
Wildlife Index:
GOOD
Wildlife Index Value:
7.18
Ecological Distribution:
PINEYWOODS, GULF PRAIRIES AND MARSHES, POST OAK SAVANNAH, BLACKLAND
PRAIRIES, CROSS TIMBERS AND PRAIRIES, EDWARDS PLATEAU, ROLLING PLAINS,
HIGH PLAINS, TRANS-PECOS
Topographic Tolerance:
BOTTOMLAND, WETLAND
Elevation Tolerance:
TOLERANT OVER WIDE ELEVATION RANGE
Slope Tolerance:
TOLERANT OVER WIDE SLOPE RANGE
Aspect Tolerance:
TOLERANT ACROSS RANGE
Light Tolerance:
TOLERANT TO SUN-SHADE MIX
Wetland Regional Indicator:
FACULTATIVE
Physical Form:
GRASS
Habit:
OTHER
Life Cycle:
PERENNIAL
Seed Age:
1 TO 4 YEARS OLD
Seed Interval:
1 YEAR OR LESS
Growth:
RAPID GROWTH, SHORT-LIVED, TUFTED BUNCHGRASS, SHALLOW ROOTED
Hardiness:
COLD TOLERANT, FIRE INTOLERANT
Vegetative Growth Period:
MAR, APR, MAY, SEP, OCT, NOV, DEC
Flowering Period:
APR, MAY, JUN, JUL
Fruiting Period:
APR, MAY, JUN, JUL, AUG
Soil Moisture:
UNKNOWN
Soil Texture:
TOLERANT TO LOAMY SOILS, TOLERANT TO SANDY SOILS
Soil Fertility:
HIGH SOIL FERTILITY
Parent Material:
TOLERANT OVER WIDE RANGE
Soil pH:
SLIGHTLY ACIDIC, NEUTRAL, SLIGHTLY ALKALINE
Optimum pH:
UNKNOWN
Soil Depth:
MODERATELY DEEP SOIL (12 - 36 IN.)
Salinity:
OBLIGATE TO NON-SALINE (FRESH) SOIL/WATER CONDITIONS
Short-term Biomass:
MEDIUM
Short-term Pest:
NONE KNOWN
Long-term Biomass:
MEDIUM
Long-term Pest:
NONE KNOWN
Dominance Characteristics:
COMPONENT
Honeybee Relations:
POLLINATED WITHOUT BEES, NOT HONEY PRODUCING
Parasite Host Potential:
UNKNOWN
Food for Wildlife/Livestock:
SMALL MAMMALS, LARGE MAMMALS, UPLAND GAME BIRDS, NONGAME BIRDS, CATTLE, SHEEP, GOATS, HORSES
Small Mammal Food:
GOOD
Large Mammal Food:
GOOD
Upland Game Birds Food:
GOOD
Waterfowl Food:
FAIR
Nongame Birds Food:
GOOD
Small Mammal Cover:
EXCELLENT
Large Mammal Cover:
GOOD
Upland Game Birds Cover:
EXCELLENT
Waterfowl Cover:
FAIR
Nongame Birds Cover:
GOOD
Toxicity Potential:
LOW
Toxicity Season:
APR, MAY, JUN, JUL
Effectiveness Period:
SHORT-TERM ONLY
Raindrop Impact:
MEDIUM
Erosion Hardiness:
MEDIUM
Ease of Propagation:
HIGH
Soil Binding:
LOW
Soil Enrichment Potential:
LOW
Nitrogen Fixation Potential:
LOW
Growth Inhibitor Production:
UNKNOWN
Source Availability:
HARVEST FROM LOCAL WILD STOCK
Seed Germination Ratio:
UNKNOWN
Reproduction:
SEEDS, TILLERS
Seed Dispersal Success Potential:
GRAVITY
Seed Establishment Success Potential:
MEDIUM
Cuttings Establishment Success Potential:
LOW
Transplanting Establishment Success Potential:
LOW
Establishment Time Interval:
1 TO 2 YEARS
Recommended Establishment:
SEEDS
Relative Expense:
INEXPENSIVE
Notes:
- Not highly competitive when mixed with other grasses.
- Grows on prairie sites as well as shaded areas in bottomland.
- Seedlings are vigorous and produce ground cover rapidly.
- Tolerates lighter, less fertile, drier soils than virginia wildrye, thus
occurs further west.
Associated Species:
AMERICAN
SYCAMORE
BLACK WILLOW
EASTERN
COTTONWOOD
ELM SPP.
GREENBRIAR
SPP.
LIVE OAK
MUSTANG
GRAPE
PECAN
SUGAR
HACKBERRY
VIRGINIA
WILDRYE
WATER
OAK
YAUPON
YELLOW
INDIANGRASS