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  1. Life
  2. Plants
  3. Vascular Plants
  4. Monocots
  5. Grasses, Sedges, Cattails, and Allies
  6. Grasses
  7. Hordeinae
  8. Barley

genus

Barley

Hordeum

Traits
Includes
5 native 3 introduced
Where
In the US
Source
iNaturalist

Field notes

Children

  • Wall Barley introduced
  • Foxtail Barley native
  • Little Barley native
  • Common Barley introduced
  • Meadow Barley native
  • Salt Barley introduced
  • Bulbous Barley
  • False Rye Barley
  • Hordeum brevisubulatum
  • Wild Barley
  • Dwarf Barley native
  • Bobtail Barley native
  • Hordeum comosum
  • Hordeum bogdanii
  • California Barley
  • Arizona Barley
  • Hordeum parodii

Range

United States

Greener is more native, amber more introduced; paler is less certain. How this was decided

Key traits

Layer
Grasses and sedges
Plant type
Annual Ornamental grasses and sedges Perennial

From USDA PLANTS.

Top native barley All

Native to the US, ranked by caterpillars, then bees and other hosts, food, flowers and shelter.

  • Foxtail Barley Hordeum jubatum caterpillars 4 food 19 flowers 1
  • Little Barley Hordeum pusillum caterpillars 3 food 11
  • Meadow Barley Hordeum brachyantherum caterpillars 2 food 10
  • Dwarf Barley Hordeum depressum caterpillars 1 food 8
  • Bobtail Barley Hordeum intercedens caterpillars 1 food 8

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