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Genus = Hordeum,

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Hordeum brachyantherum   (meadow barley)  
(= Hordeum brachyantherum in Flora of the Pacific Northwest)
Tufted perennial, the culms 4-8 dm. tall.
Distribution: Alaska south to California, east to Montana and Colorado.
Habitat: Ocean beaches to mountain meadows,usually where moist, but also from dry sagebrush desert to rocky ridges.

Hordeum depressum   (dwarf barley)  
(= Hordeum depressum in Flora of the Pacific Northwest)
Glabrous to hairy annual, the culms 1-4 dm. tall.
Distribution: Introduced from Vancouver Island, British Columbia, south on both sides of the Cascades to southern California, east to western Idaho.
Habitat: A weed of waste areas, especially where moist.

Hordeum jubatum   (foxtail barley)  
(= Hordeum jubatum in Flora of the Pacific Northwest)
Tufted perennial, the culms 2-5 dm. tall, glabrous to densely soft-pubescent.
Distribution: Alaska south on both sides of the Cascades to California, east across Canada to the Atlantic Coast, south to Mexico.
Habitat: Common weed of dry to moist soil, from sagebrush desert to grasslands and mountain forests, often abundent in disturbed areas.

Hordeum murinum   (mouse barley)  
(= Hordeum murinum in Flora of the Pacific Northwest)
Glabrous annual, the culms 2-4 dm. tall.
Distribution: Uncommon weed in the United States, occasional in southern British Columbia and western Washington.
Habitat: Disturbed soil and wasteland.

Hordeum pusillum   (little barley)  
(= Hordeum pusillum in Flora of the Pacific Northwest)
Glabrous to pubescent annual, the culms 1-4 dm. tall.
Distribution: Eastern Washington south to southern California, east to the Atlantic Coast.
Habitat: Grasslands to desert areas, often on saline soils and wasteland.

Hordeum vulgare   
Annual, the culms smooth, 8-12 dm. tall.
Distribution: Widely cultivated, sometomes persistent for a season or two, but not becoming established in the Pacific Northwest.
Habitat: Old fields, wasteland.



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