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Hordeum pusillum Nuttall. Little Barley. Phen: Apr-Jun. Hab: Roadsides, fields, pastures, ditches, disturbed areas. Dist: Probably restricted to west of the Mississippi River a few centuries ago, but now present (and in many areas common) throughout a broad portion of the United States, from ME west to WA south to n. FL, s. TX, CA, and Mexico.

Origin/Endemic status: Native

Taxonomy Comments: A diploid taxon.

Synonymy: = Ar, C, ETx1, F, FNA24, G, HC, Il, K1, K3, K4, Mi, Mo1, NcTx, NE, NY, Pa, RAB, S, S13, Tat, Tn, Tx, Va, W, WH3, Tucker (1996); = Critesion pusillum (Nutt.) Á.Löve; = Hordeum pussilum – FlGr, orthographic error

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Wetland Indicator Status:

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

Heliophily: 9

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