Scientific Name:
ECHINOCHLOA CRUSGALLI VAR. CRUSGALLI
Common Name:
BARNYARD GRASS
Erosion Index:
FAIR
Erosion Index Value:
3.33
Wildlife Index:
GOOD
Wildlife Index Value:
6.92
Ecological Distribution:
PINEYWOODS, GULF PRAIRIES AND MARSHES, POST OAK SAVANNAH, BLACKLAND
PRAIRIES, CROSS TIMBERS AND PRAIRIES, SOUTH TEXAS PLAINS, EDWARDS
PLATEAU, ROLLING PLAINS, HIGH PLAINS, TRANS-PECOS
Topographic Tolerance:
BOTTOMLAND
Elevation Tolerance:
TOLERANT OVER WIDE ELEVATION RANGE
Slope Tolerance:
TOLERANT OVER WIDE SLOPE RANGE
Aspect Tolerance:
TOLERANT ACROSS RANGE
Light Tolerance:
TOLERANT TO FULL SUN, TOLERANT TO SUN-SHADE MIX
Wetland Regional Indicator:
FACULTATIVE WETLAND
Physical Form:
GRASS
Habit:
EMERGENT AQUATIC
Life Cycle:
ANNUAL
Seed Age:
UNKNOWN
Seed Interval:
UNKNOWN
Growth:
RAPID GROWTH, SHORT-LIVED, DENSE STAND-FORMING, SHALLOW ROOTED
Hardiness:
DROUGHT INTOLERANT, FIRE TOLERANT, DISEASE INTOLERANT, COLD INTOLERANT
Vegetative Growth Period:
FROST FREE PERIOD
Flowering Period:
JUN, JUL, AUG, SEP, OCT, NOV
Fruiting Period:
JUN, JUL, AUG, SEP, OCT
Soil Moisture:
WITHSTANDS SHORT-DURATION SATURATION
Soil Texture:
TOLERANT TO CLAYEY SOILS, TOLERANT TO LOAMY SOILS, TOLERANT TO SANDY SOILS
Soil Fertility:
UNKNOWN
Parent Material:
TOLERANT OVER WIDE RANGE
Soil pH:
HIGHLY ACIDIC, SLIGHTLY ACIDIC, NEUTRAL
Optimum pH:
SLIGHTLY ACIDIC
Soil Depth:
SHALLOW SOILS (0 - 12 IN.)
Salinity:
TOLERANT ACROSS A RANGE OF SALINITY CONDITIONS
Short-term Biomass:
HIGH
Short-term Pest:
UNKNOWN
Long-term Biomass:
LOW
Long-term Pest:
UNKNOWN
Dominance Characteristics:
COMPONENT
Honeybee Relations:
NOT HONEY PRODUCING
Parasite Host Potential:
UNKNOWN
Food for Wildlife/Livestock:
SMALL MAMMALS, UPLAND GAME BIRDS, WATERFOWL, NONGAME BIRDS, CATTLE, SHEEP
Small Mammal Food:
EXCELLENT
Large Mammal Food:
UNKNOWN
Upland Game Birds Food:
EXCELLENT
Waterfowl Food:
EXCELLENT
Nongame Birds Food:
EXCELLENT
Small Mammal Cover:
EXCELLENT
Large Mammal Cover:
UNKNOWN
Upland Game Birds Cover:
EXCELLENT
Waterfowl Cover:
EXCELLENT
Nongame Birds Cover:
EXCELLENT
Toxicity Potential:
LOW
Toxicity Season:
FROST FREE PERIOD
Effectiveness Period:
SHORT-TERM ONLY
Raindrop Impact:
UNKNOWN
Erosion Hardiness:
UNKNOWN
Ease of Propagation:
HIGH
Soil Binding:
MEDIUM
Soil Enrichment Potential:
UNKNOWN
Nitrogen Fixation Potential:
UNKNOWN
Growth Inhibitor Production:
UNKNOWN
Source Availability:
HARVEST FROM LOCAL WILD STOCK
Seed Germination Ratio:
UNKNOWN
Reproduction:
SEEDS
Seed Dispersal Success Potential:
WATER
Seed Establishment Success Potential:
UNKNOWN
Cuttings Establishment Success Potential:
UNKNOWN
Transplanting Establishment Success Potential:
UNKNOWN
Establishment Time Interval:
1 YEAR OR LESS
Recommended Establishment:
SEEDS
Relative Expense:
UNKNOWN
Notes:
- Introduced grass sometimes considered as an undesirable in gardens and
cultivated fields
- Has been planted extensively throughout the US to develop waterfowl
feeding ares
- Nitrates may accumulate in the plants to levels sufficient to be toxic to
farm animals
Associated Species:
ARROWHEAD
SPP.
BLACKBERRY-DEWBERRY
SPP.
BULRUSH
SPP.
BUTTONBUSH
COMMON
REED
GULF CORDGRASS
RICE
CUTGRASS
SEDGES SPP.
SOUTHERN
WAX-MYRTLE
SPIKERUSH
SPP.
SWAMP
PRIVET
SWITCHGRASS
WIDGEONGRASS