Virginia Wildrye

Elymus virginicus L.

Grass family

Plant Type

Graminoid

Life Cycle

Perennial

Mature Height

30 inches

Flower Color

Yellow

Bloom Time

Early Spring

Growing Conditions

Light

Shade Tolerance Tolerant

Water

Water Use Medium

Drought Tolerance Medium

Flood Tolerance Medium

Soil

Soil Types Clay, Loam, Sand

CaCO3 Tolerance Medium

Fertility Need Medium

Stress Tolerance

Fire Tolerance Medium

Salt Tolerance None

Climate

pH Range 5.0 – 7.0

Frost-Free Days 130 days

Precipitation 36 – 55 in

Ecosystem & Wildlife

Pollinators Larval Host (Moth); Wind

Larval Host Elachista leucofrons, Leucania phragmitidicola, Leucania pseudargyria, Nephelodes minians

Fall Color No

Evergreen No

Native Range

USA: Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Nebraska, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Rhode I., South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Vermont, Virginia, West Virginia, Wisconsin, Wyoming
CAN: Alberta, British Columbia, Manitoba, New Brunswick, Newfoundland, Nova Scotia, Ontario, Prince Edward I., Québec, Saskatchewan

Regional Native Status: L48 (N), CAN (N), SPM (N)

State-level native status is based on data available through Plants of the World Online. Regional Native Status comes from the USDA Plants Database. For more detailed native status information, please refer to BONAP.