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Hordeum pusillum Nutt.
little barley

   
Symbol: HOPU
Group: Monocot
Family: Poaceae
Duration: Annual
Growth Habit: Graminoid
Native Status:  
L48    N
CAN    N



Photograph of Hordeum pusillum Nutt.
Robert H. Mohlenbrock. USDA SCS. 1989. Midwest wetland flora: Field office illustrated guide to plant species. Midwest National Technical Center, Lincoln. Courtesy of USDA NRCS Wetland Science Institute.
 
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Synonyms:
Hordeum pusillum Nutt.

  CRPU13 Critesion pusillum (Nutt.) Á. Löve
  HOPUP Hordeum pusillum Nutt. var. pubens Hitchc.
 

Distribution by State:
Hordeum pusillum Nutt.

Distributional Map for Hordeum pusillum Nutt.
Distribution Map Legend

Hordeum pusillum Nutt. distribution:
USA (AL, AR, AZ, CA, CO, CT, DC, DE, FL, GA, IA, ID, IL, IN, KS, KY, LA, MA, MD, ME, MI, MN, MO, MS, MT, NC, ND, NE, NH, NJ, NM, NV, NY, OH, OK, OR, PA, SC, SD, TN, TX, UT, VA, WA, WI, WY), CAN (AB, BC)

County distributions for the following U.S. states are available at PLANTS:
AL, AR, AZ, CA, CO, CT, DC, DE, FL, GA, IA, ID, IL, IN, KS, KY, LA, ME, MI, MN, MO, MS, MT, NC, ND, NE, NM, NV, NY, OH, OK, OR, PA, SC, SD, TN, TX, UT, VA, WI, WY

 

Related Taxa:
Hordeum pusillum Nutt.

341 genera in Poaceae, 16 species in Hordeum
Distribution of Hordeum pusillum Nutt. ssp. euclaston (Steud.) Hauman [excluded]. .
Hordeum pusillum ssp. euclaston
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Classification:
Hordeum pusillum Nutt.

     
Kingdom   Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom   Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision   Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division   Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class   Liliopsida – Monocotyledons
Subclass   Commelinidae
Order   Cyperales
Family   Poaceae – Grass family
Genus   Hordeum L. – barley
Species   Hordeum pusillum Nutt. – little barley
 

Threatened and Endangered Information:
Hordeum pusillum Nutt.

This plant is listed by the U.S. federal government or a state. Common names are from state and federal lists.

Pennsylvania:
little barley Extirpated
 

U.S. Weed Information:
Hordeum pusillum Nutt.

little barley
little wildbarley

This plant can be weedy or invasive according to the authoritative sources noted below. This plant may be known by one or more common names in different places, and some are listed above.

NE&GP Stubbendieck, J., G.Y. Friisoe, & M.R. Bolick. 1994. Weeds of Nebraska and the Great Plains. Nebraska Department of Agriculture, Bureau of Plant Industry. Lincoln, Nebraska.
SWSS Southern Weed Science Society. 1998. Weeds of the United States and Canada. CD-ROM. Southern Weed Science Society. Champaign, Illinois.
 

Wetland Indicator Status:
Hordeum pusillum Nutt.

Nat. Ind. Reg. 1 Reg. 2 Reg. 3 Reg. 4 Reg. 5 Reg. 6 Reg. 7 Reg. 8 Reg. 9 Reg. 0 Reg. A Reg. C Reg. H
FACU,FAC FAC FACU FAC FACU FAC FACU FAC FAC FACU* FACU NO NO NO

Integrated Taxonomic Information Sytem (ITIS) :
Hordeum pusillum Nutt.

ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 40866.

 

 

 

 
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