rough barnyard grass |
_01.jpg "rough barnyard grass (muricata)") |
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Echinochloa muricata var. muricata |
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| Family | Poaceae (Grass) |
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| Nativity | Native |
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| Status | Common |
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| Habitat | Moist to wet. Woodland openings, swamps, marshes, streambanks, disturbed sites. Full to partial sun. |
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| Flowering | July to September |
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| 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. |
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| 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. |
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| Range | .png "Range Map – rough barnyard grass (muricata)") |
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_02.jpg "rough barnyard grass (muricata)") |
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| Synonyms | Echinochloa muricata var. ludoviciana Echinochloa pungens Echinochloa pungens var. coarctata Echinochloa pungens var. ludoviciana |
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| Common Names |
American barnyard grass barnyard grass cockspur grass rough barnyard grass rough barnyardgrass |
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