Hordeum jubatum


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Noun1.Hordeum jubatum - barley grown for its highly ornamental flower heads with delicate long silky awnsHordeum jubatum - barley grown for its highly ornamental flower heads with delicate long silky awns; North America and northeastern Asia
barley - cultivated since prehistoric times; grown for forage and grain
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There are many plants in the grass family, Hordeum genus, that have fox tail-shaped reproductive structures, such as Hordeum brachyantherum (found all over western North America) and Hordeum jubatum (widespread in the United States and Canada).
However, different species of grass awns are reported regionally: Hordeum jubatum, H.
iv Festuca arizonica Vasey iv * Hesperostipa neomexicana (Thurb.) Barkworth v Hordeum jubatum L.
Common name Scientific name Class Life cycle * Downy brome Bromus tectorum Grass WA London rocket Sisymbrium irio Broadleaf WA Creeping thistle Circium arvense Broadleaf CP Yellow goats-beard Tragopogon dubius Grass SP Field bindweed Convolvulus arvensis Broadleaf CP Bermudagrass Cynodon dactylon Grass CP Foxtail barely Hordeum jubatum Grass SA Dandelion Taraxacum officinale Broadleaf SP Quackgrass Agropyron repence Grass CP Russian knapweed Acroptilon repens Broadleaf CP lambsquarters Chenopodium album Broadleaf SA Plantain Plantago spp.
Dominant species include Typha spp., Hordeum jubatum, Juncus articulatus, and Agrostis gigantea.
Smaller winners include the purple-tinged Hordeum jubatum, which grows to only 50cm (20ins).