Bluebunch wheatgrass Pseudoroegnaria spicata is a perennial Triticea grass common to the semi-arid west.  It is a diploid, self-incompatible grass that traditionally is slow to establish and intolerant of high grazing pressure.  This EST library used tissues from etiolated seedlings, salt and drought stressed roots, and salt and drought stressed shoots and crowns.  Bluebunch wheatgrass plants from Eastern Washington and Eastern Nevada were combined, and libraries are tagged by tissues.  For more information contact < sbushman@cc.usu.edu >.