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§1 Plant

Hordeum brachyantherum Nevski

vernacular meadow barley — species · Poaceae

USDA
HOBR2
GBIF
2706066
Rank
species
meadow barley (Hordeum brachyantherum)
Platephotograph · Matt BergerCC BY source · iNaturalist ↗

§2Habit & range

Habit and range

Growth habit
Graminoid
Duration
Perennial
Group
Monocot
Family
Poaceae Barnhart
Genus
Hordeum
§2a

Native status, by region

  • AK Alaska Native
  • CAN Canada Native
  • HI Hawaii Introduced
  • L48 Lower 48 States Native
§2b

County-level range

· 248 counties across 19 states/territories
Legend Native · 248 Introduced · 0 Both · 0 Hover a county for detail.

§3Cultivation specs · USDA

Recorded by the USDA Plant Materials Program.

§3a

Tolerances

Drought
Medium
Shade
High
Moisture use
Medium
Fire
High
Salinity
Medium
Anaerobic
High
CaCO₃
Medium
Hedging
None
§3b

Climate & soil

Cold tolerance
-43 °F minimum
Frost-free days
100 min.
Precipitation
20–80 in/yr
pH range
6–8.5
Root depth
6 in min.
Fertility need
Low
Soil texture
coarse, medium, fine
§3c

Form & growth

Growth form
Bunch
Growth rate
Moderate
Lifespan
Moderate
Mature height
2 ft
Foliage texture
Medium
Foliage colour
Green
Porosity (summer)
Moderate
Porosity (winter)
Porous
Flower colour
Yellow
Fruit colour
Brown
Fire resistant
No
N fixation
None
Toxicity
None
§3d

Reproduction

Bloom period
Early Summer
Seed abundance
Medium
Seed begins
Summer
Seed ends
Fall
Spread rate
Slow
Stratify
No
Seeds / lb
30,000
Propagation
seed
§3e

Use & availability

Commercial availability
Routinely Available
Nursery stock
No
Browse palatability
Low
Graze palatability
Low
Palatable, human
No
Protein potential
Low
Lumber
No
Christmas tree
No

§4Counties, by state

Recorded in 248 counties across 19 states/territories.

Alaska view state ↗ 12 N ▾
Arizona view state ↗ 8 N ▾
California view state ↗ 51 N ▾
Colorado view state ↗ 19 N ▾
Idaho view state ↗ 23 N ▾
Illinois view state ↗ 3 N ▾
Indiana view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Missouri view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Montana view state ↗ 8 N ▾
Nevada view state ↗ 13 N ▾
New Mexico view state ↗ 6 N ▾
New York view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Ohio view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Oregon view state ↗ 30 N ▾
Pennsylvania view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Texas view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Utah view state ↗ 27 N ▾
Washington view state ↗ 28 N ▾
Wyoming view state ↗ 14 N ▾

§5Sources & provenance

USDA PLANTS

Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.

plants.usda.gov/HOBR2 ↗

GBIF Backbone

Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.

gbif.org/species/2706066 ↗

Record version

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