Plant Species of the Bright Angel Trail:
*foxtail barley, Hordeum murinumThis is a non-native species.
See Plant Guide to Bright Angel Trail for an introduction to this page, especially the Introduction To These Species Pages.
This page is just a shell to hold my photographs and reference information for now, so that readers can see the photographs and this taxon. The identification status, voucher info, and discussion of the species will be added in the future.
Characteristics Identification status: .
From a SEINet search on 29 September 2007, there are vouchers of this species from the Coconino County portion of the Grand Canyon. The nearest are at: ; and . Note that there may be additional vouchers at other herbaria not available through SEINet.
First occurrence on Bright Angel Trail: mile 0.16, elevation 6759 feet (2060 m).
Number of plants along Trail: at least 20 plants were found in at least 2 different locations in September 2007.
Pictures From 6 September 2007, mile 0.16:
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References See Resources for Grand Canyon Flora for further information on most of these references. Entries in the second column are either the name used in that source or a page reference. The name is linked to online pages when available. If a given reference does not contain this taxon, the entry is either left blank or contains a hyphen.
Family Poaceae Scientific Name Hordeum murinum 1987 Grand Canyon Flora Name Hordeum glaucum, H. leporinum 1987 Grand Canyon Flora page 17 SEINet Image Page Hordeum murinum ssp. glaucum USDA Plants Hordeum murinum Flora of North America Jepson Manual for California treatment Hordeum murinum Jepson Manual illustration page 1269 Kearney and Peebles Name Hordeum leporinum Kearney and Peebles Page # 97 Vascular Plants of AZ name Vascular Plants of AZ volume: page Huisinga et al 2006 name - Huisinga et al 2006 page numbers - Epple Name - Epple description page # - Epple pix # - McDougall 1964 name Hordeum leporinum McDougall 1964 page # 52 Brian 2000 Name Phillips 1979 name - Phillips 1979 page # - Stockert 1967 name - Stockert 1967 page # -
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Last Update: 2 October 2007