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| Hordeum brachyantherum ssp. brachyantherum Nevski | Species Image Gallery (opens in a new window) |
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| TAXONOMY | |||||||||||||||
| Family: | Poaceae | ||||||||||||||
| Genus: | Hordeum | ||||||||||||||
| Species Synonyms: | Critesion brachyantherum (Nevski) Barkworth
& D.R. Dewey Critesion jubatum ssp. breviaristatum (Bowden) A.&D. Löve Hordeum boreale Scribn. & J.G. Sm. Hordeum jubatum var. boreale (Scribn. & J.G. Sm.) Boivin Hordeum jubatum ssp. breviaristatum Bowden Hordeum nodosum L.p.p. Hordeum nodosum var. boreale (Scribn. & J.G. Sm.) A.S. Hitchc. |
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| Common Names: | meadow barley meadow wild barley |
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| DISTRIBUTION | |||||||||||||||
| Canada: | Yukon – British Columbia – southeastern Alberta – southwestern Saskatchewan | ||||||||||||||
| Saskatchewan: | southwestern Saskatchewan; Cypress Hills | ||||||||||||||
| Ecoregion: | Cypress Upland | ||||||||||||||
| HABITAT | |||||||||||||||
| Saskatchewan: | moist creek valleys, prairie depressions, and ditches | ||||||||||||||
| Associated Species: | foxtail barley, tufted hairgrass | ||||||||||||||
| RARITY STATUS | |||||||||||||||
| Provincial
Status According to Harms (2003): |
Endangered |
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| Nature Conservancy Status: | G5 S1 |
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| Saskatchewan
Species at Risk Status: |
None |
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| COSEWIC Status: | None |
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| Meadow barley is endangered because of extreme rarity in Saskatchewan. No immediate threats are known but may occur in the future. | |||||||||||||||
| SPECIES DESCRIPTION | |||||||||||||||
| Height: | 30 – 95 cm | ||||||||||||||
| Roots: | fibrous | ||||||||||||||
| Stem: | perennial, densely tufted, erect to bent at base, usually robust | ||||||||||||||
| Leaves: | blades to 19 cm long, to 8 mm wide, usually hairless; basal sheaths hairless, occasionally sparsely hairy; ligules translucent; ear-like lobes at the base of the stem absent | ||||||||||||||
| Inflorescence: | spikes 3 – 9 cm long, green to purplish, lateral spikelets male-flowered | ||||||||||||||
| Spikelets: | 3-flowered | ||||||||||||||
| Florets: | in central spikelets – glumes 1 – 1.5 cm long, bristle-like; lemmas 5 – 10 mm long, hairless; lemma awns to 6.5 mm long, straight at maturity; in lateral spikelets – glumes 1 – 1.5 cm long, bristle-like; lemmas rudimentary to well developed, awns to 7.5 mm long | ||||||||||||||
| Fruits: | grain | ||||||||||||||
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