Barnyardgrass

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• Scientific Name: Echinochloa crusgalli (L.)Beauv.

Barnyardgrass is commonly found in disturbed, wet sites. But, since it is a warm-season grass, it will also compete well with cool season turf during hot, dry periods of the summer

Barnyardgrass has a unique inflorescence that is a series of spikes

The barnyardgrass inflorescence has larger florets and is much more coarse than crabgrass (pictured on left)

Barnyardgrass is unique among grasses found in turf in that it has no ligule

• Common Names: Barnyardgrass, Attorlothe, Billion dollar grass, Barnyard Millet (Australia), California watergrass, Chicken panic, Cocksfoot panicum, Cockspur Grass (Australia), Darojan, Dnan, Dukhain, Han Pai, Hanenpoot, Japanese Millet, Lung Chao Su, Pai, Shui Pai, Song Chang (Vietnam), Watergrass, Wu Ho, Ya Chao Pai

• Climatic Zone: Temperate, sub-tropical

• Geographic Distribution: Europe, North America, East Asia, Australia

• Life Cycle: summer annual

• Photosynthetic Apparatus: C4

• Major Identifying Characteristic: Lack of a ligule and distinct seedhead