Introductory
SPECIES: Hordeum jubatum | Foxtail Barley 



ABBREVIATION : 
HORJUB

SYNONYMS : 
   Critesion jubatum L. Nevski [3]
   

SCS PLANT CODE : 
   HOJU
   HOJUC


COMMON NAMES : 
   foxtail barley
   foxtail
   squirreltail barley
   squirreltail grass
   foxtail grass
   wild barley
   skunktail


TAXONOMY : 
The currently accepted scientific name for foxtail barley is Hordeum 
jubatum L. [4,17,19].  Hordeum jubatum L. hybridizes with H. 
brachyantherum in interior and coastal British Columbia, where the two 
species share the same habitat [4].  Recognized subspecies and 
varieties of H. jubatum are as follows [4,17,19]:

                H. j. ssp. jubatum
                H. j. ssp. intermedium Bowden 
                H. j. ssp. breviarestatum Bowden 
                H. j. var. boreale Scribn. & Smith (Boivin) 
                H. j. var. caespitasum (Sribn.) Hitchc. 

                                        


LIFE FORM : 
Graminoid

FEDERAL LEGAL STATUS : 
No special status

OTHER STATUS : 
NO-ENTRY


COMPILED BY AND DATE : 
Julie L. Tesky, July 1992.


LAST REVISED BY AND DATE : 
NO-ENTRY


AUTHORSHIP AND CITATION : 
Tesky, Julie L. 1992. Hordeum jubatum.  In: Remainder of Citation

Related categories for Species: Hordeum jubatum | Foxtail Barley