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Oklahoma State University Stillwater, OK |
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Oklahoma Alfalfa |
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Oklahoma State University Stillwater, OK |
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Oklahoma Alfalfa |
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Barnyardgrass |
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| COMMON NAME: | Barnyardgrass |
| SCIENTIFIC NAME: | Echinochloa crus-galli (L.) Beauv. |
| TYPE: | Summer Annual Warm-season Weedy Grass |
| DESCRIPTION | |
| Germination: | May-June |
| Reproduction: | By seed July-September |
| Stems: | Erect to bending, branched lower nodes, no hair. |
| Leaves: | No ligule, no hair or fuzz. |
| Flowers/ Inflorescence: |
1-flowered spikelet in panicle, often with appressed branches. |
| Fruit: | Seed units with lemma and palea attached, with or with out short awn on lemma. |
FOUND: |
Throughout the state. Found in new spring planted stands in eastern counties, not often in established stands. |
CONTROL: |
Use preplant application of BALAN or TREFLAN, or spray emerged seedlings with POAST PLUS or SELECT. Control usually not recommended in thinning stands because usually not profitable. |
| In Alfalfa |  Plant |
Leaf | Plant | Seed Head |
| Additional Barnyardgrass Images | ||||
| Jim Stritzke Former Alfalfa Weed Control Specialist Department of Plant and Soil Sciences Oklahoma State University |
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