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Welcome to Denny and David's virtual plant collection! There are many interesting plants in this blog. Feel free to leave any comments or ask any questions. All these plants were collected from the Mildred E. Mathias Botanical Garden at UCLA. The map below shows the general areas where we collected each specimen. Thank you for your interest and we hope you enjoy our presentation

Friday, April 22, 2011

Giant Wild Rye


Common Name: Giant Wild Rye

Scientific Name: Leymus condensatus

Date Collected: April 15th, 2011

Location: Collected at Mildred E. Mathias Botanical Garden at UCLA near the experimental garden.

Nativity: The giant wild rye is endemic to California.

Habitat: L. condensatus grows in places with dry soil, such as the chaparral, southern oak woodland, and coastal sage scrub at elevations below 7000 feet.


Special Notes: The giant wild rye was used by Native Americans. They ate the edible seeds and wove baskets with the plant.


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