Echinochloa muricata
Species of flowering plant
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Echinochloa muricata is a species of grass known by the common names rough barnyard grass and American barnyard grass. It is native to Eurasia and much of North America.[1][2]
| Echinochloa muricata | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Clade: | Commelinids |
| Order: | Poales |
| Family: | Poaceae |
| Subfamily: | Panicoideae |
| Genus: | Echinochloa |
| Species: | E. muricata |
| Binomial name | |
| Echinochloa muricata (P.Beauv.) Fernald | |
It is an annual grass growing one half to one meter in height.
It is considered an agricultural weed,[3] due to its propensity to use up nitrogen and phosphorus in soil needed for crops and long seed persistence.[4]
