PLANTS Profile for Hordeum murinum ssp. leporinum (hare barley)

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PLANTS Profile

Hordeum murinum L. ssp. leporinum (Link) Arcang.
hare barley

Symbol:

HOMUL

Group:

Monocot

Family:

Poaceae

Duration:

Annual

Growth Habit:

Graminoid

Native Status:

L48		I
HI		I
CAN		I


Common Names:
	foxtail barley

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Photo of Hordeum murinum L. ssp. leporinum (Link) Arcang.

Hordeum leporinum

Tracey Slotta. Provided by ARS Systematic Botany and Mycology Laboratory. Canada. Usage Requirements.

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Hordeum murinum L. ssp. leporinum (Link) Arcang.

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Synonyms:
Hordeum murinum L. ssp. leporinum (Link) Arcang.

	CRMUL	Critesion murinum (L.) A. Löve ssp. leporinum (Link) A. Löve
	HOLE	Hordeum leporinum Link

Distribution:
Hordeum murinum L. ssp. leporinum (Link) Arcang.


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USA (AZ, CA, CT, DC, DE, GA, HI, ID, MA, MD, ME, MT, NC, NJ, NM, NV, NY, OK, OR, PA, SC, TX, UT, VA, WA, WY), CAN (BC)

Related Taxa:
Hordeum murinum L. ssp. leporinum (Link) Arcang.

View 338 genera in Poaceae, 16 species in Hordeum, 3 subspecies in Hordeum murinum L.

Classification:
Hordeum murinum L. ssp. leporinum (Link) Arcang.

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Kingdom	Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision	Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division	Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class	Liliopsida – Monocotyledons
Subclass	Commelinidae
Order	Cyperales
Family	Poaceae – Grass family
Genus	Hordeum L. – barley
Species	Hordeum murinum L. – mouse barley
Subspecies	Hordeum murinum L. ssp. leporinum (Link) Arcang. – hare barley

U.S. Weed Information:
Hordeum murinum L. ssp. leporinum (Link) Arcang.

Hordeum leporinum
hare barley
leporinum barley
wild barley

The related entities and synonyms italicized and indented above can be weedy or invasive according to the authoritative sources noted below. This plant may be known by one or more common names in different places, and some are listed above. Click on an acronym to view each weed list, or click here for a composite list of Weeds of the U.S.

WSWS

Whitson, T.D. (ed.) et al. 1996. Weeds of the West. Western Society of Weed Science in cooperation with Cooperative Extension Services, University of Wyoming. Laramie, Wyoming. 630pp.

Introduced Information:
Hordeum murinum L. ssp. leporinum (Link) Arcang.

This plant is introduced to some part of the PLANTS Floristic Area, though it may be native in other parts. Click on link below for a partial or complete list of PFA introduced plants.

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Wetland Indicator Status:
Hordeum murinum L. ssp. leporinum (Link) Arcang.

Hordeum leporinum:

Nat. Ind.

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Reg. 5

Reg. 6

Reg. 7

Reg. 8

Reg. 9

Reg. 0

Reg. A

Reg. C

Reg. H

FACU?

Interpreting Wetland Indicator Status

More Accounts and Images:
Hordeum murinum L. ssp. leporinum (Link) Arcang.

View photographs from CalPhotos.

View species account from ARS Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN).

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 524161.

View species account and distribution map from Jepson Interchange (University of California - Berkeley).

View photographs and distribution from University of Washington Burke Museum.

Time Generated: 10/09/2008 07:20 PM MDT