Definition of Elymus arenarius

1. Noun. A dune grass of the Pacific seacoast used as a sand binder.


Lexicographical Neighbors of Elymus Arenarius

Elton
Elul
Elvin
Elvira
Elvis
Elvis Aron Presley
Elvis Presley
Elvis has left the building
Elvises
Elvisesque
Elvish
Elvisy
Elwyn Brooks White
Ely Culbertson
Elymus
Elymus arenarius (current term)
Elymus canadensis
Elymus caput-medusae
Elymus condensatus
Elymus hispidus
Elymus trachycaulos
Elysian
Elysian Field
Elysian Fields
Elysium
Elysse
Elzevirian
Em
Emacs
Emajõgi

Literary usage of Elymus arenarius

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. English Botany; Or, Coloured Figures of British Plants, with Their Essential ...by Sir James Edward Smith, James Sowerby by Sir James Edward Smith, James Sowerby (1793)
"Elymus arenarius. Linn. Sp. PL 122. Sm. Fl. Brit. 152. Huds.56. With. 170. ... Elymus arenarius is found on the sandy coasts of Britain in various places, ..."

2. Select Extra-tropical Plants Readily Eligible for Industrial Culture Or by Ferdinand von Mueller (1884)
"Both can also be used in the manner of Sparta for paper material, for tying and for mats. Like Elymus arenarius, it is not touched by grazing ..."

3. An Illustrated Flora of the Northern United States, Canada and the British by Nathaniel Lord Britton, Addison Brown (1913)
"Elymus arenarius L. Sp. PI. 83. 1753. Culms li°-8° tall, erect, simple, usually softly pubescent at the summit. Sheaths smooth and glabrous, often glaucous, ..."

4. The Grasses of Great Britain by John Edward Sowerby, Charles Johnson (1861)
"... and only useful as colonizers, as exemplified in the British species, Elymus arenarius, which, like the sea-reed, Ammophila arundinacea, and other sand- ..."

5. The Grasses of Britain by Richard PARNELL (1845)
"... and the uppermost floret not projecting beyond the glumes ;—whereas in Elymus arenarius the lowermost floret is as long or longer than the glumes, ..."

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