Basin Wildrye
Leymus cinereus
Basin Wildrye (Leymus cinereus) is a perennial grass native to Western US states (such as Montana, Wyoming, Idaho, and Washington) that can thrive in USDA Zones 3–8. Reaching a mature height of 3–8 feet with a massive, robust tufted clumping growth habit, it features coarse, broad, blue-green leaf blades and produces thick, erect seed spikes. It thrives in deep, moist to dry saline or alkaline soils in river valleys and basin floors and is ideal for livestock winter grazing, windbreaks, and heavy erosion control.
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Growing Region
- Pacific Northwest, Intermountain West, California