General:
Annual grass from fibrous roots; stems pith-filled or hollow, decumbent to erect, the nodes smooth, (30) 60-160 cm tall.
Leaves:
Sheaths open, more or less compressed; blades 4-16 mm wide; ligules absent.
Flowers:
Inflorescence a stiff panicle 5-12 cm long, the branches spreading to erect, usually at least 3 cm long, the spikelets borne singly or in clusters along 1 side of the branches; spikelets 3-4 mm long, 2-flowered, but the lower flowers sterile; upper glumes pointed to long-pointed, unawned; sterile lemmas equalling the upper glumes, long-pointed and bristle-tipped to awn-bearing, the awns up to 30 mm long; lemmas and paleas hardened, abruptly pointed to long-pointed, unawned.
If more than one illustration is available for a species (e.g., separate illustrations were provided for two subspecies) then links to the separate images will be provided below. Note that individual subspecies or varietal illustrations are not always available.
Illustration Source: The Illustrated Flora of British Columbia
Site Information |
Value / Class |
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Avg |
Min |
Max |
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Elevation
(metres) |
527 | 527 | 527 |
Slope
Gradient (%) |
0 | 0 | 0 |
Aspect (degrees) |
0 | ||
Soil
Moisture Regime (SMR) [0 - very xeric; 4 - mesic; 8 - hydric] |
7 | 7 | 7 |
Modal
Nutrient Regime
Class |
B | ||
#
of field plots species was recorded in: |
2 | ||
Modal
BEC Zone Class |
SBS | ||
All BEC Zones (# of stations/zone) species was recorded in |
IDF(1), SBS(1) | ||
Source:
Klinkenberg 2013
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Synonyms and Alternate Names:
Echinochloa crusgalli