Species

Leymus arenarius

Etymology

arenarius: sand dweller

Common Name(s)

lyme grass

Authority

Leymus arenarius (L.) Hochst.

Family

Poaceae

Flora Category

Vascular - Exotic

NVS Species Code

LEYARE

The National Vegetation Survey (NVS) Databank is a physical archive and electronic databank containing records of over 94,000 vegetation survey plots - including data from over 19,000 permanent plots. NVS maintains a standard set of species code abbreviations that correspond to standard scientific plant names from the Ngä Tipu o Aotearoa - New Zealand Plants database.

Structural Class

Grasses

Year Naturalised

1897

Origin

N. and W. Europe

This page last updated on 26 Mar 2010