Svensons Wild Rye

Elymus svensonii

Native status unresolved in Kentucky

Rare or protected plant. Specialist conservation planting; excluded from routine garden suggestions. Plant caution source

Hidden from default planting suggestions. Wildlife value and native status remain unchanged.

Photographs are not available yet.

Ecological relationships

Who uses this plant?

23CaterpillarsGenus host records with ranges including KY

Genus host records with ranges including KY · Elymus

Amblyscirtes vialisCommon Roadside-Skipper, Black Little Skipper
Ancyloxypha numitorLeast Skipper
Apamea devastatorGlassy Borer, Glassy Cutworm Moth
Apamea lignicoloraWood-Colored Apamea
Cercyonis pegalaCommon Wood Nymph
Clepsis persicanaWhite Triangle Tortrix
Dargida diffusaWheat Head Armywotm Moth
Helcystogramma hystricellaLanceolate Helcystogramma, Lanceolate Moth
Lethe anthedonNorthern Pearly Eye
Leucania commoidesDusky Wainscot, Comma Wainscot

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Leucania multilineaMany-Lined Wainscot
Leucania phragmitidicolaNeedle Wainscot, Phragmites Wainscot
Leucania pseudargyriaFalse Wainscot
Lon zabulonZabulon Skipper
Loscopia velataVeiled Ear Moth, Veiled Grass Moth
Mythimna unipunctaArmyworm Moth, White Speck
Nephelodes miniansBronzed Cutworm
Papaipema cataphractaBurdock Border, Potato-Stalk Borer
Papaipema nebrisStalk Borer
Polites themistoclesTawny-Edged Skipper
Pyrrharctia isabellaIsabella Tiger Moth, Banded Woolybear
Spodoptera frugiperdaFall Armyworm Moth
Elachista illectella

Shropshire & Tallamy 2025, Lepidoptera of North America north of Mexico, ZooKeys 1261 (ODbL)

—BeesSoutheastern regional records

—Specialist beesPollen specialists

4BirdsRecorded genus food-resource interactions; not a state feeding claim

Recorded genus food-resource interactions; not a state feeding claim · Elymus

Alectoris chukarChukar
Anser albifronsGreater White-fronted Goose
Perdix perdixGray Partridge
Plectrophenax nivalisSnow Bunting

Hurlbert, Olsen, Sawyer & Winner 2021, Avian Diet Database, Scientific Data 8: 260 (CC0)

Growing and identification

Plant details

Family: Poaceae
Flower color: Green or brown

Growing sources and scope

Flower color · “Green or brown” · Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center
Height · “Up to about 4 feet” · Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center
Life cycle · “Perennial” · Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center

Also known as

Svensons Wild Rye

Conservation status

Kentucky rank	S2S3
Global rank	Not available
KY status	Not verified
Federal status	Not verified

Conservation source

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