Elymus condensatus - Giant wildrye

Giant wildrye (Elymus condensatus) is a rhizomatous perennial bunchgrass native to California, its grain edible when cooked and its leaves used for basketry and cordage.¹

Inputs

• Hardiness zone 4¹
• Hardiness zone 5¹
• Hardiness zone 6¹
• Hardiness zone 7¹
• Hardiness zone 8¹
• Hardiness zone 9¹
• Full sun¹
• Moist soil¹
• Wet soil¹

Outputs

• Human food¹
• Fibre¹
• Livestock forage¹

Type

• Herb
• Perennial

Functions

• Soil stabilization¹
• Fire resistance²

Footnotes

1. Elymus condensatus | Plants for a Future ↩ ↩² ↩³ ↩⁴ ↩⁵ ↩⁶ ↩⁷ ↩⁸ ↩⁹ ↩¹⁰ ↩¹¹ ↩¹² ↩¹³ ↩¹⁴

2. Leaf burn times of California native plants, Las Pilitas Nursery, 2005 propane-torch ignition trial, live-leaf ignition time >60 seconds ↩