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PLANTS

Meadow barley

Hordeum brachyantherum

Plants
NativeHerbPerennialYellow flowers
Meadow barley, photo 1 of 5
Meadow barley, In flower
Meadow barley, In fruit
61 cmHeight

Perennial herbaceous plant reaching 61 cm. Grows in fields and in marshes.

There are 4 observations of Meadow barley in Québec, mostly in Côte-Nord, and it has been reported in 1 of the 17 regions.

Where to see it

  1. Côte-Nord4

Habitat

FieldsFélix Mathieu-Bégin
MarshVyacheslav Argenberg

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