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Digital Herbaria

Echinochloa muricata

Echinochloa muricata (P. Beauv.) Fernald

American Barnyard Grass, Rough Barnyard Grass, Barnyard Grass, American Cockspur Grass, Wild Millet

Poaceae (Grass Family)

USDA Symbol: ECMU2
USDA Native Status: L48 (N), VI (I), CAN (N)







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Specimen & Label Data

Echinchloa muricata

Cockspur, Barnyard Grass

Poaceae

Location: W side of Holbrook Rd, 200 m N of Rittiman Rd, San Antonio.
Latitude: 0.000000

Habitat: In mud of slow flowing, fresh water. Full sun.

Description: Annual to 80+ cm tall. Culms erect, occasionally spreading. Nodes glabrous, slightly swollen. Sheaths glabrous, ligules absent. Blades to 2.5 mm broad, margins minutely serrate. Panicles 10-30 cm long w/spreading, distant branches 2-8 cm long. Spikelets green or purple, echinate w/papilla based hairs.

County: Bexar
Collector: Harry Cliffe
Collection Date: Aug 5, 1994
Specimen number: 658

Herbarium Owner: NPSOT
Herbarium ID: 0942
Accession Date: Oct 27, 1994
Accession Number: 73

Annotations: SXFRB (In fruit) !FRW 1995

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