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Poaceae, Panicoideae, Paniceae - Barnyardgrass

(Family, Subfamily, Tribe)

Waves of Grain Index - Grass

tribe Paniceae

Barnyardgrass Echinochloa crus-galli (Echinochloa pungens)

Good cow food before flowering.  Not good hay.  Good for reclaiming saline and alkaline soils.

Photos taken in Floyd County, Texas, August 2007

(Introduced worldwide - Taylor, Nolan, Brown, Lubbock, not in Floyd)

Base: annual, no rhizomes, no stolons (runner stem)

Blade (leaf): broad, prominent midribs, to 40cm long, .5-2.5cm wide, glabrous or sparse hairs, margin finely serrated, keeled

Sheath (leaf part encircling stem): glabrous, no ligule

Culm (main grain stem): erect to spreading, 30-100cm tall, many swollen nodes

Inflorescence: Open panicle, 10-25cm long, 5-25 appressed or spreading branches, longest branches rebranching

Spikelet: 2.8-4mm long, 1.1-2.3mm wide, 1-2 flowers, arranged in 2 rows on one side of branch

Glume: awns are variable in length from 0-20mm long but usually under 2mm

Lemma: dull tips separated by tiny hairs from the main glossy body, awns are variable in length from 0-20mm long but usually under 2mm

tribe Paniceae

Rough Barnyardgrass (Wild Millet) Echinochloa muricata

Photos taken in Taylor County, Texas, August 2007

(Native of Texas - Taylor)

Base: annual, no rhizomes, no stolons (runner stem)

Blade (leaf): broad, prominent midribs, 1-2.5cm wide, margin finely serrated

Sheath (leaf part encircling stem): glabrous, keeled, no ligule

Culm (main grain stem): erect but often spreading, 80-150cm tall, many swollen nodes

Inflorescence: Open panicle, 10-30cm long, 5-25 appressed or spreading branches, 2-8cm long

Spikelet: green or purple, prickly hairs, very wide

tribe Paniceae

Jungle Rice Echinochloa colona

Open panicle.  Short branches covered in brown seed on one side.  Good cow food.  Makes good, long lasting hay.

Photos taken in Taylor County, Texas, October 2007

(Introduced worldwide - Taylor, Brown)

Waves of Grain Index - Grass

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