foxtail barley

foxtail barley

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Hordeum jubatum ssp. jubatum


Taxonomy

Family:

Poaceae (grass)

 

No Rank:

BEP clade

 

Subfamily:

Pooideae

 

Tribe:

Triticeae

 

Subgenus:

Hordeastrum

 

Section:

Stenostachys

  Series: Critesion

Nativity

Native

Status

 

Habitat

Moist. Meadows.

Flowering

May to August

Height

12 to 24


Identification

The glume is much longer than the floret, usually more than 10 times longer. It is awl-shaped, not lance-shaped and dilated at the base.

 
Similar
Species

 


Range Range Map   Sources: 2, 3, 5, 7.
 
Sightings

Carver Park Reserve

Felton Prairie SNA
Shrike Unit

Flandrau State Park

Hole-in-the-Mountain Prairie

Nelson Wildlife Sanctuary

Ottertail Prairie SNA

Pankratz Memorial Prairie
North Unit

Pembina Trail Preserve SNA
Pembina Trail Unit

Pine Bend Bluffs SNA

Racine Prairie SNA

Red Rock Prairie


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Synonyms

 

 
Common
Names

foxtail

foxtail barley

foxtail grass

skunktail

squirrel-tail grass

squirreltail barley

squirrel tail

wild barley


 

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