[Crested Wheatgrasses: The Genus Agropyron East of the Cascade Mountains of Oregon and Washington]

Crested Wheatgrass, Desert Crested Wheatgrass, Fairway Crested Wheatgrass, Standard Crested Wheatgrass

Agropyron cristatum

Synonyms: Agropyron cristatiforme, Agropyron cristatum ssp. pectinatum, Agropyron desertorum, Agropyron pecintatum, Agropyron pectiniforme

Close-up of the inflorescence of Crested Wheatgrass, Fairway Crested Wheatgrass: Agropyron cristatum (Synonyms: Agropyron cristatiforme, Agropyron cristatum ssp. pectinatum, Agropyron desertorum, Agropyron pecintatum, Agropyron pectiniforme) - Close-up of the inflorescence of Crested Wheatgrass, Fairway Crested Wheatgrass: Agropyron cristatum (Synonyms: Agropyron cristatiforme, Agropyron cristatum ssp. pectinatum, Agropyron desertorum, Agropyron pecintatum, Agropyron pectiniforme)

Two photos showing close-ups of the flattened, stiff, inflorescence of crested wheatgrass as seen along the Zumwalt-Imnaha Rd to the northeast of Enterprise, OR......July 9, 2007. Evidently this species is very closely related to desert crested wheatgrass (Agropyron desertorum) and is largely indistinguishable from it. Unfortunately I have no information on this latter species to help differentiate the two species.
Paul Slichter