NameThatPlant.net: Hordeum jubatum ssp. jubatum

Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Monocots: Commelinids: Poales

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Hordeum jubatum ssp. jubatum FAMILY Poaceae Go to FSUS key

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SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Hordeum jubatum ssp. jubatum FAMILY Poaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)

Hordeum jubatum ssp. jubatum

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America

Hordeum jubatum ssp. jubatum

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)

Hordeum jubatum ssp. jubatum

INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 029-23-004:

Hordeum jubatum FAMILY Poaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN Manual of the Grasses of the US (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950)

Hordeum jubatum

COMMON NAME:
Foxtail Barley, Squirreltail Barley

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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Hordeum jubatum ssp. jubatum FAMILY Poaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Hordeum jubatum ssp. jubatum FAMILY Poaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Hordeum jubatum ssp. jubatum

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America
Hordeum jubatum ssp. jubatum

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Hordeum jubatum ssp. jubatum

INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 029-23-004:
Hordeum jubatum FAMILY Poaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN Manual of the Grasses of the US (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950)
Hordeum jubatum

4820

Grass, Sedge, or Rush
Perennial

Habitat: Roadsides, other disturbed areas, per Weakley's Flora

Native: western North America

Rare in NC Mountains & NC Piedmont (waifs elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)

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LEAVES:
Simple
Alternate, 2-ranked

FLOWER:
Spring/Summer

Spikelets 1-flowered, 3 per node

FRUIT:
Grain

TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!

"The following chronological synopsis of flora accounts of Microstegium is instructive: not treated by Small (1933), 'local' (Fernald 1950), 'rarely introduced and possibly not established' (Gleason & Cronquist 1952), 'sporadically naturalized' (Godfrey & Wooten 1979), 'a rapidly spreading pernicious invader on moist ground, too common' (Wofford 1989)... This species has become a very serious pest, now ranking as one of the most destructive introduced plants in our area, forming extensive and dense patches, sprawling over and eliminating nearly all other herbaceous plants. Eradication is very difficult, and considering its obvious colonizing abilities, only temporary." — Alan S. Weakley in Flora of the Southeastern US (2023)

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