Elymus repens

TaxID: 52152

Basic Information

Elymus repens

Quack Grass

Elymus repens, commonly known as couch grass , is a very common perennial species of grass native to most of Europe, Asia, the Arctic, and northwest Africa. It has been brought into other mild northern climates for forage or erosion control, but is often considered a weed. Other names include common couch, twitch, quick grass, quitch grass (also just quitch), dog grass, quackgrass, scutch grass, and witchgrass.

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Taxonomic Information

Eukaryota

Streptophyta

Magnoliopsida

Poales

Poaceae

Elymus

repens

Unclassified

Photos (5 photos)

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(c) Dmitry Ivanov@BY-NC
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(c) Douglas Goldman@BY-SA

Morphological Features

No morphological description available.

Host Plants (0 host plants)

Data sources: EPPO Global Database and relevant literature.

No host plants available.

Quarantine Status (8 records)

Data sources: IPPC website and national quarantine websites; verified by human review.

Country Status Year Added
Brazil A1 list 2018
Ecuador Quarantine pests —
Indonesia Absent —
Israel Quarantine pest 2009
Jordan A2 list 2013
Mexico Quarantine pests —
Peru Absent —
United States of America Quarantine pest 1989

Distribution (77 countries)

Data Sources: EPPO Global Database and GBIF.

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Present
0
Absent
0
Unknown/Other
Country Status State
Afghanistan Present —
Albania Present —
Andorra Present —
Argentina Present —
Armenia Present —
Australia Present —
Austria Present —
Azerbaijan Present —
Belgium Present —
Bangladesh Present —
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Distribution Map (Latitude and longitude coordinates sourced from GBIF.)

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Genomes (0 records)

Data source: NCBI.

No genome records available.

Transcriptomes (1 records)

Data source: NCBI.

Run ID Tissue Developmental Stage Sex Read Count Location Actions
SRR16234942 leaf and stem - - 17402522 USA: State College, Pennsylvania
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DNA Barcodes (73 records)

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Data source: BOLD.

Process ID BIN Marker Length Country Date Lat/Lon Sequence
WAT242-12 - rbcLa 553 Canada 2012-07-30 43.5373, -80.1678
WAT241-12 - rbcLa 553 Canada 2012-06-07 43.5485, -80.2503
WAT216-12 - rbcLa 553 Canada 2007-08-25 51.2732, -80.6421
WAT132-12 - rbcLa 553 Canada 2006-07-21 43.5485, -80.2503
WAT088-12 - rbcLa 553 Canada 2007-07-11 49.7833, -92.8333
WAT046-12 - rbcLa 553 Canada 2007-08-03 43.2565, -79.8675
VEMSH601-13 - matK 786 Canada 2013-08-02 45.542, -73.1604
VEMSH224-13 - rbcLa 571 Canada 2012-06-22 45.535, -73.149
POWNA238-10 - rbcL 542 United Kingdom 2008-06-17 51.84281, -4.15057
POWNA1831-12 - rbcL 542 United Kingdom 1991-09-11 52.092705, -4.677148
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Literature