Latin name: Elymus pacificus Gould
  Pronunciation: EL-i-mus pa-SI-fi-kus
  Common name: Pacific wildrye
  Family: Poaceae (Grass)
  Habitat: Coastal bluffs to 300', northern Channel
  Islands
  Blooming period: May to July (?)
  Click for Latin name derivations:  1) Elymus
  2) pacificus
  Formerly Leymus pacificus
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