Rye

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ITIS 42089 2002-09-22

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Rye (Secale cereale) is a grass grown extensively as a grain and forage crop. It is a member of the wheat tribe and is closely related to barley and wheat, although it is the single species in the genus Secale. Rye grain is used to make flour, feed, some whiskeys and most vodkas. Rye, alone or overseeded, is planted as a livestock forage or harvested for hay. It is highly tolerant of soil acidity and is more tolerant of dry and cool conditions than wheat, though not as tolerant of cold as barley. The first possible use of domestic rye comes from the site of Tell Abu Hureyra in northern Syria, in the Euphrates Valley, dating to late Epi-Palaeolithic.

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Rye was not one of the main cereals of Classical Antiquity. Probably it was only an accidental plant occurring in small numbers in most wheat fields. Since the middle ages, it is widely cultivated in Central and Eastern Europe and is the main bread cereal in most areas east of the French-German border and north of Hungary.

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Rye straw is prized in Corn dolly making.

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Rye Extract is often used as a medicine.

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Grass: In popular language grass means a short, green, ground covering or lawn, usually, but not necessarily comprised of a "true grass" or grasses, called turf. See also pasture, grassland.In botany, grass refers to plants of the Family Poaceae. These are the true grasses.Plants with "grass" in their name...

Barley: Barley (Hordeum vulgare) is a major food and animal feed crop, a member of the grass family Poaceae. Barley is the fifth largest cultivated cereal crop in the world (530,000 km² or 132 million acres). Its germination time is anywhere from 1-3 days....

Species: In biology, the most commonly used definition of species was first coined by Ernst Mayr. Species are "groups of actually or potentially interbreeding natural populations which are reproductively isolated from other such groups" (however, see other definitions of species below)....

Rye related Images and Photos (experimental)

Rye-Bread	Wild Rye 2	The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger	Extensive View of Rye
Old Man Walking in a Rye Field	Cereal Grains Left to Right : Wheat Rye and Barley	Buster Keaton Eats Levy Jewish Rye	You Don't Have to Be Jewish to Love Levy's Real Jewish Rye