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Hordeum vulgare

Common Barley

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Identity

Unique IDELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.134371

Element CodePMPOA380C0

Record TypeSPECIES

ClassificationSpecies

Classification StatusStandard

Name CategoryVascular Plant

Endemicoccurs (regularly, as a native taxon) in multiple nations

KingdomPlantae

PhylumAnthophyta

ClassMonocotyledoneae

OrderCyperales

FamilyPoaceae

GenusHordeum

Other Common Names

common barley (EN) Orge commune (FR)

Concept Reference

Kartesz, J.T. 1994. A synonymized checklist of the vascular flora of the United States, Canada, and Greenland. 2nd edition. 2 vols. Timber Press, Portland, OR.

Taxonomic Comments

FNA (vol. 24, 2007) recognizes two subspecies of Hordeum vulgare (vulgare and spontaneum). H. vulgare ssp. vulgare includes material that Dorn (2001) treats as H. vulgare var. trifurcatum.

Conservation Status

Change Date1994-03-22

Ecology & Habitat

Other Nations (2)

CanadaNNA

Province	Rank	Native
British Columbia	SNA	No
Saskatchewan	SNA	No
New Brunswick	SNA	No
Ontario	SNA	No
Alberta	SNA	No
Prince Edward Island	SNA	No
Nova Scotia	SNA	No
Northwest Territories	SNA	No

United StatesNNA

Province	Rank	Native
Illinois	SNA	No
West Virginia	SNA	No
North Carolina	SNA	No
Iowa	SNA	No
Kansas	SNA	No
Virginia	SNA	No
Hawaii	SNA	No
Rhode Island	SNA	No
Minnesota	SNA	No
Kentucky	SNA	No
Texas	SNA	No
Pennsylvania	SNA	No
New Mexico	SNA	No
Oklahoma	SNA	No
Alaska	SNA	No
Montana	SNA	No
Alabama	SNA	No
Utah	SNA	No
Arizona	SNA	No
Colorado	SNA	No
Ohio	SNA	No
Nevada	SNA	No
South Carolina	SNA	No
Tennessee	SNA	No
Connecticut	SNA	No
North Dakota	SNA	No
California	SNA	No
Florida	SNA	No
New Hampshire	SNA	No
Wyoming	SNA	No
Mississippi	SNA	No
Missouri	SNA	No
Wisconsin	SNA	No
Vermont	SNA	No
Indiana	SNA	No
Maine	SNA	No
New York	SNA	No
District of Columbia	SNA	No
Arkansas	SNA	No
South Dakota	SNA	No
Maryland	SNA	No
Massachusetts	SNA	No
Michigan	SNA	No
New Jersey	SNA	No
Louisiana	SNA	No

Plant Characteristics

Economic Value (Genus)No

Roadless Areas (3)

Arizona (1)

Area	Forest	Acres
Cdo Wsa	Coronado National Forest	1,955

New Mexico (1)

Area	Forest	Acres
Sawyers Peak	Gila National Forest	59,743

Washington (1)

Area	Forest	Acres
Pasayten Rim	Okanogan National Forest	17,074

References (2)

Flora of North America Editorial Committee (FNA). 2007a. Flora of North America north of Mexico. Vol. 24. Magnoliophyta: Commelinidae (in part): Poaceae, part 1. Oxford Univ. Press, New York. xxviii + 911 pp.
Kartesz, J.T. 1994. A synonymized checklist of the vascular flora of the United States, Canada, and Greenland. 2nd edition. 2 vols. Timber Press, Portland, OR.