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Plant - summer
Granite Mtn. water tank


Yavapai County Native & Naturalized Plants

Hordeum jubatum - foxtail barley

Synonyms: Hordeum brachyantherum, H. jubatum var. jubatum, H. jubatum var. pampeanum, H. jubatum var. tomentellum,  H. pampeanum
Plant Form: Grass

Family: Poaceae


   
 
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Plant - summer
Mahan Park
John Kava
Ligule and blade
Tank near Granite Mtn.
Sue Smith
Blades
Mahan Park
John Kava
Seedheads - summer
Tank near Granite Mtn.
Sue Smith
Seedheads - summer
Tank near Granite Mtn.
Sue Smith
Seedhead - summer
Mahan Park
John Kava
  Grass Description -   Glossary of Grass Terminology

Origin: Native    Season: Cool and Warm
Habitat Description: Open ground, meadows and around riverbeds and seasonal lakes; most abundant where water accumulates. Often found in saline habitats and along roadsides and in other disturbed sites.
Plant Communities:Pinyon Juniper Woodland, Montane Conifer Forest, Riparian, Disturbed Areas
Elevation: 5900 - 7500 feet

General Description

Desc: Erect slender tufted perennial plant; very green; often will grow in dense stands. Sometimes acts like an annual.
Identification Notes: Tufted perennial grass with nodding seedheads; stems 8 to 32 inches, bent to straight, with non-hairy nodes. Sheaths open, without hairs; blades flat and rough, sometimes hairy; awns to 2 inches long.
Grass Type: Perennial bunchgrass  Rhizomes: N  Stolons: N
Large Dense Clump (> 2 feet): N  Bushy (highly branched): N
Height with Seedheads: 24 to 36 inches
Seedhead Structure: Branched - contracted  Seedhead Droops: Y
Flowering Period: May - Oct
Flower Characteristics

Number of Flowers per Spikelet: One-flowered  Spikelets One-sided: N
Awns: Greater than 1 inch   Three Awns: N  Awns Bent: N
Flower and Seedhead Notes: Nodding, bushy spike-like seedheads; often purple or reddish tinged; conspicuously bristly with long slender spreading awns; three spikelets per node, lateral spikelets smaller and reduced to awns; 1 floret in central spikelet; awns straight to ascending.
Vegetative Charcteristics

Blade Hairy: Y    Blade with White Margins: N    Blade Cross section: Flat
Blade Notes: Blades to 6 inches long, to 1/4 inch wide, roughened with stout projections, sometimes hairy.
Sheath Hairy: Y    Tuft of Hairs at top of Sheath or Collar: N    Ligules: Membranous
Auricles (Ear-like lobes at collar area: N

Forage Value: Poor. Palatability is low. May be lightly grazed before seedhead development.

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