rough barnyard grass

rough barnyard grass (muricata)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Echinochloa muricata var. muricata


Taxonomy

Family:

Poaceae (grass)

 

No Rank:

PACMAD clade

 

Subfamily:

Panicoideae

 

Tribe:

Paniceae

Parent

rough barnyard grass (Echinochloa muricata)


Nativity

Native

Status

Common

Habitat

Moist to wet. Woodland openings, swamps, marshes, streambanks, disturbed sites. Full to partial sun.

Flowering

July to September

Height

18 to 42


Identification

Culms are often reclining on the ground but with the tips ascending.

The leaf blade has no auricles.

The leaf sheath is keeled and has no ligule.

The awns on the flowering spikelets are from ¼ to ½ or longer. The spikelets are commonly purplish.

 
Similar
Species

Rough barnyard grass (Echinochloa muricata var. microstachya) has flowering spikelets either with awns that are less than ¼, or with no awns at all.

Barnyard grass (Echinochloa crusgalli) is an erect plant.


Range Range Map   Sources: 4, 7.
 
Sightings

Louisville Swamp

 

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Synonyms

Echinochloa muricata var. ludoviciana

Echinochloa pungens

Echinochloa pungens var. coarctata

Echinochloa pungens var. ludoviciana

 
Common
Names

American barnyard grass

barnyard grass

cockspur grass

rough barnyard grass

rough barnyardgrass


 

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