Species

Echinochloa crus-galli

Common Name(s)

barnyard grass

Authority

Echinochloa crus-galli (L.) P.Beauv.

Family

Poaceae

Flora Category

Vascular - Exotic

NVS Species Code

ECHCRU

The National Vegetation Survey (NVS) Databank is a physical archive and electronic databank containing records of over 94,000 vegetation survey plots - including data from over 19,000 permanent plots. NVS maintains a standard set of species code abbreviations that correspond to standard scientific plant names from the Ngä Tipu o Aotearoa - New Zealand Plants database.

Structural Class

Grasses

Similar Taxa

Stems 0.3 to 1.2 m tall, thick, coarse, mostly erect, smooth, branching at the base. leaves, both sheaths and blades, smooth. Blades

Year Naturalised

1871

Origin

Europe

This page last updated on 25 Mar 2010