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Elymus repens

Family:Poaceae
Species:Elymus repens (L.) Gould
Common Name:quack grass
Habitat:Disturbed soils, roadsides, waste places, pastures, successional fields, and cultivated lands.
Associated Ecological Communities:**
Growth Habit:Graminoid
Duration:**
Category:Vascular
Plant Notes:**
Taxonomic Notes:**
Status:Not Native, Naturalized, FACU (NCNE), FACU (EMP), SNA (State Rank), GNR (Global Rank)
References:**

** Not applicable or data not available.

Classification

SupraordinalMonocots
Order Poales
FamilyPoaceae
Genus Elymus
SpeciesElymus repens (L.) Gould - quack grass

Citation

Citation Elymus repens (L.) Gould
Basionym: **
Type: **

** Not applicable or data not available.

Source

CountyYearHerbariaNotesSubmission Info
Albany  NYFA_1990
Herbarium Name Used: none Elymus repens
   
Albany1939 TAES – Accession #: 59316
Herbarium Name Used: none Elymus repens
   
Bronx1888 BKL – BKL00088935
Herbarium Name Used: Elymus repens
  2/8/2012 - BKL (Steve Glenn)
Bronx1888 BKL – BKL00060905
Herbarium Name Used: Elymus repens
  2/8/2012 - BKL (Steve Glenn)
Bronx  NYFA_1990
Herbarium Name Used: none Elymus repens
   
Bronx1994 BKL – BKL00070685
Herbarium Name Used: Elymus repens
  2/8/2012 - BKL (Steve Glenn)
Bronx1898 BKL – BKL00097871
Herbarium Name Used: Elymus repens
  2/8/2012 - BKL (Steve Glenn)
Broome2011 BING
Herbarium Name Used: Elymus repens
  1/18/2020 - BING (Julian Shepherd)
Broome2008 BING
Herbarium Name Used: Elymus repens
  1/18/2020 - BING (Julian Shepherd)
Cattaraugus  NYFA_1990
Herbarium Name Used: none Elymus repens
   
Cayuga  NYFA_1990
Herbarium Name Used: none Elymus repens
   
Chautauqua1996 NYS
Herbarium Name Used: Elytrigia repens
   
Chemung  NYFA_1990
Herbarium Name Used: none Elymus repens
   
Chenango  NYFA_1990
Herbarium Name Used: none Elymus repens
   
Clinton1992 NYS
Herbarium Name Used: Elytrigia repens
   
Clinton  NYFA_1990
Herbarium Name Used: none Elymus repens
   
Columbia  NYFA_1990
Herbarium Name Used: none Elymus repens
   
Cortland  NYFA_1990
Herbarium Name Used: none Elymus repens
   
Delaware  NYFA_1990
Herbarium Name Used: none Elymus repens
   
Dutchess  NYFA_1990
Herbarium Name Used: none Elymus repens
   
Erie  NYFA_1990
Herbarium Name Used: none Elymus repens
   
Essex  NYFA_1990
Herbarium Name Used: none Elymus repens
   
Franklin  NYFA_1990
Herbarium Name Used: none Elymus repens
   
Genesee1983 TAES – Accession #: 171576
Herbarium Name Used: none Elymus repens
   
Greene  NYFA_1990
Herbarium Name Used: none Elymus repens
   
Hamilton  NYFA_1990
Herbarium Name Used: none Elymus repens
   
Jefferson  NYFA_1990
Herbarium Name Used: none Elymus repens
   
Jefferson1992 NYS
Herbarium Name Used: Elytrigia repens
   
Kings1992 BKL – BKL00060879
Herbarium Name Used: Elymus repens
  2/8/2012 - BKL (Steve Glenn)
Kings1898 BKL – BKL00060876
Herbarium Name Used: Elymus repens
  2/8/2012 - BKL (Steve Glenn)
Kings1970 NYS
Herbarium Name Used: Elytrigia repens
   
Kings1934 NYS
Herbarium Name Used: Elytrigia repens
   
Kings  NYFA_1990
Herbarium Name Used: none Elymus repens
   
Kings1935 NYS
Herbarium Name Used: Elytrigia repens
   
Kings2008 BKL – BKL00091397
Herbarium Name Used: Elymus repens
  2/8/2012 - BKL (Steve Glenn)
Kings1934 BKL – BKL00060915
Herbarium Name Used: Elymus repens
  2/8/2012 - BKL (Steve Glenn)
Kings1992 BKL – BKL00070687
Herbarium Name Used: Elymus repens
  2/8/2012 - BKL (Steve Glenn)
Kings1992 BKL – BKL00070690
Herbarium Name Used: Elymus repens
  2/8/2012 - BKL (Steve Glenn)
Kings1992 BKL – BKL00080985
Herbarium Name Used: Elymus repens
  2/8/2012 - BKL (Steve Glenn)
Kings1935 BKL – BKL00060916
Herbarium Name Used: Elymus repens
  2/8/2012 - BKL (Steve Glenn)
Kings1992 BKL – BKL00060914
Herbarium Name Used: Elymus repens
  2/8/2012 - BKL (Steve Glenn)
Lewis  NYFA_1990
Herbarium Name Used: none Elymus repens
   
Monroe  NYFA_1990
Herbarium Name Used: none Elymus repens
   
Monroe1992 FLH
Herbarium Name Used: Elymus repens
  3/13/2022 - FLH (Bruce Gilman)
Nassau2006 BKL – BKL00076092
Herbarium Name Used: Elymus repens
  2/8/2012 - BKL (Steve Glenn)
Nassau1929 BKL – BKL00060878
Herbarium Name Used: Elymus repens
  2/8/2012 - BKL (Steve Glenn)
Nassau1920 BKL – BKL00060909
Herbarium Name Used: Elymus repens
  2/8/2012 - BKL (Steve Glenn)
Nassau2005 BKL – BKL00070568
Herbarium Name Used: Elymus repens
  2/8/2012 - BKL (Steve Glenn)
Nassau  NYFA_1990
Herbarium Name Used: none Elymus repens
   
New York  NYFA_1990
Herbarium Name Used: none Elymus repens
   
New York2011 BKL – BKL00100433
Herbarium Name Used: Elymus repens
  2/8/2012 - BKL (Steve Glenn)
New York1978 BKL – BKL00086219
Herbarium Name Used: Elymus repens
  2/8/2012 - BKL (Steve Glenn)
New York1982 BKL – BKL00086218
Herbarium Name Used: Elymus repens
  2/8/2012 - BKL (Steve Glenn)
New York1988 BKL – BKL00086217
Herbarium Name Used: Elymus repens
  2/8/2012 - BKL (Steve Glenn)
Niagara  NYFA_1990
Herbarium Name Used: none Elymus repens
   
Oneida  NYFA_1990
Herbarium Name Used: none Elymus repens
   
Onondaga  NYFA_1990
Herbarium Name Used: none Elymus repens
   
Onondaga1923 BH
Herbarium Name Used: Elymus repens
Werier (2017) voucher!; G.P. VanEseltine & F.L. VanEseltine 2700 3/6/2018 - David Werier
Onondaga1932 BKL – BKL00060919
Herbarium Name Used: Elymus repens
  2/8/2012 - BKL (Steve Glenn)
Onondaga1943 RCFS – accession # 11655
Herbarium Name Used: Elytrigia repens
  11/17/2009 - RCFS (Andy Nelson)
Onondaga1942 RCFS – accession # 11654
Herbarium Name Used: Elytrigia repens
  11/17/2009 - RCFS (Andy Nelson)
Onondaga1943 RCFS – accession # 11656
Herbarium Name Used: Elytrigia repens
  11/17/2009 - RCFS (Andy Nelson)
Onondaga1949 RCFS – accession # 11657
Herbarium Name Used: Elytrigia repens
  11/17/2009 - RCFS (Andy Nelson)
Onondaga1943 RCFS – accession # 11653
Herbarium Name Used: Elytrigia repens
  11/17/2009 - RCFS (Andy Nelson)
Ontario1976 FLH
Herbarium Name Used: Elymus repens
  3/13/2022 - FLH (Bruce Gilman)
Ontario  NYFA_1990
Herbarium Name Used: none Elymus repens
   
Orange1990 NYS
Herbarium Name Used: Elytrigia repens
   
Orange  NYFA_1990
Herbarium Name Used: none Elymus repens
   
Oswego  NYFA_1990
Herbarium Name Used: none Elymus repens
   
Oswego2010 RCFS – 13323
Herbarium Name Used: Elymus repens
A.P. Nelson 3164 1/19/2011 - RCFS (Andy Nelson)
Oswego1970 RCFS – accession # 10575
Herbarium Name Used: Elymus repens
  11/17/2009 - RCFS (Andy Nelson)
Oswego2009 RCFS – accession # 13306
Herbarium Name Used: Elymus repens
  11/17/2009 - RCFS (Andy Nelson)
Oswego1970 RCFS – accession # 11652
Herbarium Name Used: Elytrigia repens
  11/17/2009 - RCFS (Andy Nelson)
Otsego  NYFA_1990
Herbarium Name Used: none Elymus repens
   
Putnam  NYFA_1990
Herbarium Name Used: none Elymus repens
   
Queens  NYFA_1990
Herbarium Name Used: none Elymus repens
   
Queens1910 BKL – BKL00060885
Herbarium Name Used: Elymus repens
  2/8/2012 - BKL (Steve Glenn)
Queens1910 BKL – BKL00060907
Herbarium Name Used: Elymus repens
  2/8/2012 - BKL (Steve Glenn)
Queens1992 BKL – BKL00070686
Herbarium Name Used: Elymus repens
  2/8/2012 - BKL (Steve Glenn)
Queens1989 BKL – BKL00060902
Herbarium Name Used: Elymus repens
  2/8/2012 - BKL (Steve Glenn)
Queens1989 BKL – BKL00060913
Herbarium Name Used: Elymus repens
  2/8/2012 - BKL (Steve Glenn)
Queens1992 BKL – BKL00060875
Herbarium Name Used: Elymus repens
  2/8/2012 - BKL (Steve Glenn)
Queens1928 BKL – BKL00060910
Herbarium Name Used: Elymus repens
  2/8/2012 - BKL (Steve Glenn)
Queens1992 BKL – BKL00070688
Herbarium Name Used: Elymus repens
  2/8/2012 - BKL (Steve Glenn)
Queens1992 BKL – BKL00060874
Herbarium Name Used: Elymus repens
  2/8/2012 - BKL (Steve Glenn)
Queens1896 BKL – BKL00060900
Herbarium Name Used: Elymus repens
  2/8/2012 - BKL (Steve Glenn)
Rensselaer1997 NYS
Herbarium Name Used: Elytrigia repens
   
Rensselaer  NYFA_1990
Herbarium Name Used: none Elymus repens
   
Richmond  NYFA_1990
Herbarium Name Used: none Elymus repens
   
Rockland1990 NYS
Herbarium Name Used: Elytrigia repens
   
Saratoga  NYFA_1990
Herbarium Name Used: none Elymus repens
   
Schenectady  NYFA_1990
Herbarium Name Used: none Elymus repens
   
Schenectady1948 NYS
Herbarium Name Used: Elymus repens
collector: T. Baim 3/28/2025 - Steve Young
Schoharie1883 BKL – BKL00060911
Herbarium Name Used: Elymus repens
  2/8/2012 - BKL (Steve Glenn)
Schoharie  NYFA_1990
Herbarium Name Used: none Elymus repens
   
Schuyler  NYFA_1990
Herbarium Name Used: none Elymus repens
   
Schuyler1950 BUPL – Herbarium ID: 2763
Herbarium Name Used: Elytrigia repens
   
St. Lawrence1996 NYS
Herbarium Name Used: Elytrigia repens
   
St. Lawrence  NYFA_1990
Herbarium Name Used: none Elymus repens
   
St. Lawrence1915 BKL – BKL00060884
Herbarium Name Used: Elymus repens
  2/8/2012 - BKL (Steve Glenn)
Steuben  NYFA_1990
Herbarium Name Used: none Elymus repens
   
Suffolk1961 BKL – BKL00080697
Herbarium Name Used: Elymus repens
  2/8/2012 - BKL (Steve Glenn)
Suffolk1994 NYS
Herbarium Name Used: Elytrigia repens
   
Suffolk  NYFA_1990
Herbarium Name Used: none Elymus repens
   
Suffolk1995 NYS
Herbarium Name Used: Elytrigia repens
   
Suffolk1972 CONN
Herbarium Name Used: Agropyron repens
   
Suffolk1992 OBPF – Log_num: 10913
Herbarium Name Used: Elytrigia repens
   
Suffolk1975 CONN
Herbarium Name Used: Agropyron repens
   
Suffolk1994 BKL – BKL00084224
Herbarium Name Used: Elymus repens
  2/8/2012 - BKL (Steve Glenn)
Suffolk1994 BKL – BKL00011487
Herbarium Name Used: Elymus repens
  2/8/2012 - BKL (Steve Glenn)
Suffolk1994 BKL – BKL00084315
Herbarium Name Used: Elymus repens
  2/8/2012 - BKL (Steve Glenn)
Suffolk1994 BKL – BKL00084267
Herbarium Name Used: Elymus repens
  2/8/2012 - BKL (Steve Glenn)
Suffolk1994 BKL – BKL00011868
Herbarium Name Used: Elymus repens
  2/8/2012 - BKL (Steve Glenn)
Suffolk1969 BKL – BKL00080698
Herbarium Name Used: Elymus repens
  2/8/2012 - BKL (Steve Glenn)
Suffolk1994 BKL – BKL00011937
Herbarium Name Used: Elymus repens
  2/8/2012 - BKL (Steve Glenn)
Suffolk2011 BKL – BKL00100456
Herbarium Name Used: Elymus repens
  2/8/2012 - BKL (Steve Glenn)
Suffolk1994 BKL – BKL00084310
Herbarium Name Used: Elymus repens
  2/8/2012 - BKL (Steve Glenn)
Suffolk1994 BKL – BKL00084352
Herbarium Name Used: Elymus repens
  2/8/2012 - BKL (Steve Glenn)
Suffolk1872 BKL – BKL00060904
Herbarium Name Used: Elymus repens
  2/8/2012 - BKL (Steve Glenn)
Suffolk1914 BKL – BKL00060877
Herbarium Name Used: Elymus repens
  2/8/2012 - BKL (Steve Glenn)
Suffolk1994 BKL – BKL00011942
Herbarium Name Used: Elymus repens
  2/8/2012 - BKL (Steve Glenn)
Suffolk1932 BKL – BKL00060882
Herbarium Name Used: Elymus repens
  2/8/2012 - BKL (Steve Glenn)
Suffolk1872 BKL – BKL00060903
Herbarium Name Used: Elymus repens
  2/8/2012 - BKL (Steve Glenn)
Suffolk1994 BKL – BKL00011879
Herbarium Name Used: Elymus repens
  2/8/2012 - BKL (Steve Glenn)
Sullivan  NYFA_1990
Herbarium Name Used: none Elymus repens
   
Tioga  NYFA_1990
Herbarium Name Used: none Elymus repens
   
Tompkins  NYFA_1990
Herbarium Name Used: none Elymus repens
   
Ulster1989 BKL – BKL00060873
Herbarium Name Used: Elymus repens
  2/8/2012 - BKL (Steve Glenn)
Ulster2011 BKL – BKL00102730
Herbarium Name Used: Elymus repens
  2/8/2012 - BKL (Steve Glenn)
Ulster  NYFA_1990
Herbarium Name Used: none Elymus repens
   
Ulster1959 TAES – Accession #: 91951
Herbarium Name Used: none Elymus repens
   
Ulster2010 BKL – BKL00098316
Herbarium Name Used: Elymus repens
  2/8/2012 - BKL (Steve Glenn)
Warren  NYFA_1990
Herbarium Name Used: none Elymus repens
   
Washington  NYFA_1990
Herbarium Name Used: none Elymus repens
   
Washington1934 BKL – BKL00060918
Herbarium Name Used: Elymus repens
  2/8/2012 - BKL (Steve Glenn)
Wayne1991 NYS
Herbarium Name Used: Elytrigia repens
   
Wayne  NYFA_1990
Herbarium Name Used: none Elymus repens
   
Westchester  NYFA_1990
Herbarium Name Used: none Elymus repens
   
Westchester1896 BKL – BKL00060917
Herbarium Name Used: Elymus repens
  2/8/2012 - BKL (Steve Glenn)
Wyoming2008 SUCO – Acc. # 9220
Herbarium Name Used: Elymus repens
  4/20/2009 - Connie Tedesco
Yates  NYFA_1990
Herbarium Name Used: none Elymus repens
   

Synonyms

SynonymFull CitationBasionymTypeNotes
Agropyron repens Agropyron repens (L.) P. Beauv.   
Agropyron repens var. littoreum Agropyron repens (L.) P. Beauv. var. littoreum Andersson   
Agropyron repens var. nemorale Agropyron repens (L.) P. Beauv. var. nemorale Andersson ex Farw.   
Agropyron repens var. pilosum Agropyron repens (L.) P. Beauv. var. pilosum Scribn.   
Agropyron repens var. subulatum Agropyron repens (L.) P. Beauv. var. subulatum Roem. & Schult.   
Agropyron repens var. vaillantianum Agropyron repens (L.) P. Beauv. var. vaillantianum (Wulfen & Schreb.) Roem. & Schult.   
Elytrigia repens Elytrigia repens (L.) Desv. ex Nevski