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not marked as a favorite taxon *Hordeum brachyantherum Nevski. Common name: Meadow Barley. Phenology: Jul-Sep. Habitat: Disturbed areas, probably only a waif in our area. Distribution: Native of w. North America and ne. Asia. Reported for se. PA (Rhoads & Klein 1993) and also apparently known from specimens from GA (Sorrie, pers. comm.), and scattered sites elsewhere in our area.

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Origin/Endemic status: Native

Taxonomy Comments: A tetraploid taxon, with poorly understood origin and evolution, but best treated as specifically distinct from the diploid H. californicum Covas & Stebbins (Carmona et al. 2016) and the unnamed hexaploid cytotype often included within H. brachyantherum ssp. brachyantherum.

Synonymy ⓘ: = C, F, Il, Mex; = Hordeum brachyantherum Nevski ssp. brachyantherum — FNA24, K4, NE; = n/a — Pa, RAB, Tat; ? Critesion brachyantherum (Nevski) Barkworth & D.R.Dewey. Basionym: Hordeum brachyantherum Nevski 1936 "Urbasionym:" Hordeum boreale Gand. 1881

Links to other floras: = Hordeum brachyantherum ssp. brachyantherum - FNA24

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Wetland Indicator Status:

  • Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain: FACW
  • Eastern Mountains and Piedmont: FAC
  • Great Plains: FAC
  • Midwest: FACW
  • Northcentral & Northeast: FACW

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