Foxtail barley
Hordeum juvatum L. [Poaceae]
Hosonogemugi (ホソノゲムギ, 細芒麦)
Life form: perennial grass
Distribution: weedy native to northern North America and northeastern Siberia (extotic to Japan)
Habitat: a pioneer in disturbed areas
Hordeum L.
About 30 species of annual and perennial grasses in the world
Hordeum juvatum in Alaska
[Left] a grassland dominated by H. juvatum (on Aug. 13 2008). [Center] a patch (on Aug. 13 2008). [Right] close up of inflorescences (on July 25 2006). The location is Poker Flat near Fairbanks, Alaska, where we monitored the revegetation patterns after wildfire.