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Echinochloa crus-galli (barnyard grass; Japanese millet; barnyardgrass; cockspur; large barnyard grass; watergrass)

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Wikipedia Abstract

Echinochloa crus-galli is a type of wild grass originating from tropical Asia that was formerly classified as a type of panicum grass. It is commonly known as cockspur (or cockspur grass), barnyard millet, Japanese millet, water grass, common barnyard grass, or simply "barnyard grass" (which may refer to any species of Echinochloa or the genus as a whole however). This plant can grow to 60" (1.5 m) in height and has long, flat leaves which are often purplish at the base. Most stems are upright, but some will spread out over the ground. Stems are flattened at the base. The seed heads are a distinctive feature, often purplish, with large millet-like seeds in crowded spikelets.
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Infraspecies

Echinochloa crus-galli crus-galli
Echinochloa crus-galli var. aristata
Echinochloa crus-galli var. macra
Panicum crus-galli f. crus-galli
Panicum crus-galli var. crus-galli
Panicum crus-galli var. laxiusculum

Attributes

Edible [1]  May be edible. See the Plants For A Future link below for details.
Flower Type [1]  Hermaphrodite
Hazards [1]  This grass has been reported to accumulate levels of nitrate in its tissues high enough to be toxic to farm animals; This problem is most likely to occur when plants are fed with inorganic fertilizers;
Lifespan [1]  Annual
Pollinators [1]  Wind
Structure [3]  Grass
Usage [1]  The plant is sometimes used, especially in Egypt, for the reclamation of saline and alkaline areas;
Height [1]  3.936 feet (1.2 m)
Width [1]  6 inches (0.15 m)
Light Preference [2]  Mixed Sun/Shade
Soil Fertility [2]  Rich
Soil Moisture [2]  Moist
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♦ 1Plants For A Future licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License
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♦ 8Microtus pinetorum, Michael J. Smolen, Mammalian Species No. 147, pp. 1-7 (1981)
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Ecoregions provided by World Wide Fund For Nature (WWF). WildFinder: Online database of species distributions, ver. 01.06 Wildfinder Database
Abstract provided by DBpedia licensed under a Creative Commons License
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0