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Distribution by County   2938    
Elymus glaucus  Buckley  ssp. jepsonii  (Burtt Davy) Gould

(not an active name)
Jepson's blue wildrye,   Western rye grass
Elymus glaucus ssp. jepsonii is a perennial grasslike herb that is native to California, and also found elsewhere in western North America.
also called Elymus glaucus ssp. glaucus
Record Count by County

Alameda: 42 Lake: 14 Plumas: 31 Siskiyou: 22
Alpine: 10 Lassen: 4 Riverside: 58 Solano: 13
Amador: 5 Los Angeles: 126 Sacramento: 1 Sonoma: 41
Butte: 41 Madera: 3 San Benito: 107 Stanislaus: 2
Calaveras: 5 Marin: 72 San Bernardino: 82 Sutter: 1
Colusa: 8 Mariposa: 32 San Diego: 159 Tehama: 14
Contra Costa: 25 Mendocino: 33 San Francisco: 4 Trinity: 24
Del Norte: 20 Modoc: 1 San Luis Obispo: 39 Tulare: 85
El Dorado: 39 Mono: 10 San Mateo: 75 Tuolumne: 9
Fresno: 78 Monterey: 100 Santa Barbara: 27 Ventura: 40
Glenn: 4 Napa: 14 Santa Clara: 32 Yolo: 1
Humboldt: 27 Nevada: 20 Santa Cruz: 23 Yuba: 4
Inyo: 1 Orange: 31 Shasta: 18
Kern: 18 Placer: 30 Sierra: 9

Suggested Citation
Calflora: Information on California plants for education, research and conservation, with data contributed by public and private institutions and individuals, including the Consortium of California Herbaria. [web application]. 2026. The Calflora Database [a non-profit organization]. Available: https://www.calflora.org/   (Accessed: 01/20/2026).