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Cockspur

Echinochloa crus-galli

Plants
IntroducedHerbAnnual
Cockspur, photo 1 of 5
Cockspur, In flower
Cockspur, Flower buds

Annual herbaceous plant. Introduced to Québec. Grows in fields and in marshes.

There are 259 observations of Cockspur in Québec, mostly in Montérégie, Capitale-Nationale and Chaudière-Appalaches, and it has been reported in 14 of the 17 regions. They peak in August and become rare from November to June.

Through the year

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Where to see it

  1. Montérégie39
  2. Capitale-Nationale38
  3. Chaudière-Appalaches34
  4. Laurentides27
  5. Estrie20
  6. Montréal19
  7. Lanaudière16
  8. Outaouais16
  9. Mauricie15
  10. Centre-du-Québec13
  11. Abitibi-Témiscamingue8
  12. Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean7
  13. Bas-Saint-Laurent4
  14. Laval3

Habitat

FieldsHubert Figuière
MarshVyacheslav Argenberg

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