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Elymus virginicus var. virginicus
Virginia Wildrye
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
			Record Status: Approved
Occurrence:	Present
Nativeness:	Native
Abundance:	Common

Scientific Name with Authority:		Elymus virginicus var. virginicus L.
Park Preferred Common Name(s):		Virginia Wildrye
Park Synonyms:		Elymus virginicus, Elymus virginicus f. virginicus

Taxonomic Hierarchy:		Kingdom Plantae, Phylum Tracheophyta, Subphylum Spermatophytina, Order Poales, Family Poaceae, Genus Elymus, Species Elymus virginicus


Park Tags:
Elevation Range - Wide Range
Life form - Perennial graminoid
Park Rank - Park common
Taxa Group - Vascular-plant
Taxa Subcategory - Monocot
Evidence Sensitivity - Not Sensitive
Wetland Status - Facultative Wetland
Bloom Time - June
Bloom Time - July
Bloom Time - August
Bloom Time - September
Bloom Time - October


Threatened/Endangered Status:
State Species of Concern Status:
Ozone-sensitive Status:
NatureServe Global Rank:		G5T5
NatureServe State Rank:		NC: SNR; TN: SNR
Evidence:		18 Observations, 1 Vouchers, 4 Data Store References, 0 External Links


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Bluestone National Scenic River	Buffalo National River
Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historical Park	Cuyahoga Valley National Park
Fort Donelson National Battlefield	Fort Union Trading Post National Historic Site
Fredericksburg and Spotsylvania County Battlefields Memorial National Military Park	Gauley River National Recreation Area
Hot Springs National Park	Kings Mountain National Military Park
Little River Canyon National Preserve	Mammoth Cave National Park
Missouri National Recreational River	Mount Rushmore National Memorial
Natchez Trace Parkway	New River Gorge National Park and Preserve
Ninety Six National Historic Site	Pea Ridge National Military Park
Russell Cave National Monument	San Antonio Missions National Historical Park
Saratoga National Historical Park	Shiloh National Military Park
Stones River National Battlefield


Last Modified Date:	10/30/2019

NPSpecies - The National Park Service biodiversity database. IRMA Portal version.https://irma.nps.gov/npspecies. Accessed 10/8/2025 8:22:48 AM

NatureServe Global Rank and State Rank

NatureServe. 2017. NatureServe Web Service. Arlington, VA. U.S.A. Available http://services.natureserve.org. Accessed: 12/4/2017. Updated quarterly.

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