Leymus innovatus (Beal) Pilger
Annotated by ITIS, 18 Nov 2008. Remarks: Elymus innovatus became a jr synonym of Leymus innovatus

Montana: Pondera County: [locality and coordinates withheld; status in Montana: S2 (Imperiled; MTNHP)],
Northern or fuzzyspike wild rye
Slope/Expo: 1% S
Veg Type: open conferous forest and water birch/shrubby cinquefoil shrub community on sandy, gravelly alluvial substrate of valley bottom stream terrace
Habitat Type: PICEA/SMILICINA STELLATA (?) current community is early successional stage. Difficult to determine potential natural community.
Assoc sp: PICENG, PINCOR, JUNCOM, BETOCC, ARCUVA, PSEMEN, POPTRI, SHECAN, POTFRU, DRYDRU, BERREP, ZYGELE
Occurence: Thousands of plants within a 10 acre area
Habit: Full bloom, only one in a hundred plants in bloom
Charac: fuzzy lemmas with purplish color Forest Service Herbarium Phenology: Fruits.

H. W. Phillips 920702-2, Jul 2, 1992
MONTU, Accession: 117375