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Barbed goat grass
Edna May Whitehorn (illustrator), for Hitchcock, A.S. (rev. A. Chase). 1950. Man, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Grasses & bamboos

Barbed goat grass

Aegilops triuncialis L.

LC Least Concern

Names

EnglishBarbed goat grass
DutchDrienaaldgeitenoog
SpanishRompesacos
Chinese三芒山羊草
Scientific nameAegilops triuncialis L.

About this species

Aegilops triuncialis, or barbed goatgrass, is a grass species of the family Poaceae. It is a winter annual native to many areas in Eastern and Mediterranean Europe and Western Asia. It is considered an introduced, invasive species in North America, mainly in the Western coast of the United States. In its native lands, the grass thrives in mainly rocky, serpentine soil, but also does well in grasslands and ruderal/disturbed ground as well as oak woodlands.

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Classification

KingdomPlantae
PhylumTracheophyta
ClassLiliopsida
OrderPoales
FamilyPoaceae
GenusAegilops

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