Echinochloa muricata (P.Beauv.) Fernald is a plant in the Poaceae family, order Poales, kingdom Plantae. Not known to be toxic.

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Echinochloa muricata (P.Beauv.) Fernald

Echinochloa muricata (P.Beauv.) Fernald

Echinochloa muricata, rough American barnyard grass, is an annual native grass growing 0.5 to 1 m tall.

Family
Genus
Echinochloa
Order
Poales
Class
Liliopsida
⚠️ Toxicity Note

Insufficient toxicity evidence; avoid direct contact and ingestion.

About Echinochloa muricata (P.Beauv.) Fernald

Echinochloa muricata (P.Beauv.) Fernald is a grass species that has the common names rough barnyard grass and American barnyard grass. It is native to Eurasia and most of North America. This species is an annual grass that reaches a height between half a meter and one meter.

Photo: (c) Eric M Powell, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Eric M Powell · cc-by-nc

Taxonomy

Plantae Tracheophyta Liliopsida Poales Poaceae Echinochloa

More from Poaceae

Sources: GBIF, iNaturalist, Wikipedia, NCBI Taxonomy · Disclaimer

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