Echinochloa crus-galli

Te Awa Kairangi / Hutt River.<br>Photographer: Jeremy R. Rolfe, Date taken: 30/04/2006, Licence: <a target='_blank' href='https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0'>CC BY</a>. <a class='member-message' href='/nzpcn/why-join-nzpcn/' target='_blank'>Members can view a larger version of this image.</a>

Immature panicles. Te Awa Kairangi / Hutt River.<br>Photographer: Jeremy R. Rolfe, Date taken: 30/04/2006, Licence: <a target='_blank' href='https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0'>CC BY</a>. <a class='member-message' href='/nzpcn/why-join-nzpcn/' target='_blank'>Members can view a larger version of this image.</a>

Echinochloa crus-galli.<br>Photographer: John Smith-Dodsworth, Licence: <a target='_blank' href='https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0'>CC BY-NC</a>.

Lake Wiritoa. Jan 2009.<br>Photographer: Colin C. Ogle, Licence: <a target='_blank' href='https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0'>CC BY-NC</a>. <a class='member-message' href='/nzpcn/why-join-nzpcn/' target='_blank'>Members can view a larger version of this image.</a>

Immature panicle. Te Awa Kairangi / Hutt River.<br>Photographer: Jeremy R. Rolfe, Date taken: 25/03/2007, Licence: <a target='_blank' href='https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0'>CC BY</a>. <a class='member-message' href='/nzpcn/why-join-nzpcn/' target='_blank'>Members can view a larger version of this image.</a>

Immature spikelets. Te Awa Kairangi / Hutt River.<br>Photographer: Jeremy R. Rolfe, Date taken: 25/03/2007, Licence: <a target='_blank' href='https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0'>CC BY</a>. <a class='member-message' href='/nzpcn/why-join-nzpcn/' target='_blank'>Members can view a larger version of this image.</a>

Leaf base. Te Awa Kairangi / Hutt River.<br>Photographer: Jeremy R. Rolfe, Date taken: 25/03/2007, Licence: <a target='_blank' href='https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0'>CC BY</a>. <a class='member-message' href='/nzpcn/why-join-nzpcn/' target='_blank'>Members can view a larger version of this image.</a>

Node and leaf base. Te Awa Kairangi / Hutt River.<br>Photographer: Jeremy R. Rolfe, Date taken: 25/03/2007, Licence: <a target='_blank' href='https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0'>CC BY</a>. <a class='member-message' href='/nzpcn/why-join-nzpcn/' target='_blank'>Members can view a larger version of this image.</a>

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Common name

barnyard grass

Family

Poaceae

Authority

Echinochloa crus-galli (L.) P.Beauv.

Flora category

Vascular – Exotic

Structural class

Grasses

NVS code

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ECHCRU

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Stems 0.3 to 1.2 m tall, thick, coarse, mostly erect, smooth, branching at the base. leaves, both sheaths and blades, smooth. Blades

Year naturalised

1871

Origin

Europe

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