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Poaceae
Hordeum spontaneum
Hordeum spontaneum
Also known as Hordeum ithaburense var. ischnatherum, Hordeum spontaneum var. ithaburense, Hordeum vulgare subsp. agriocrithon, Hordeum ithaburense
Native Plants · Wild-Barley · Annual · Mediterranean · Naturalized · Wildlife-Habitat · Hardy · Low-Maintenance · Heritage · Grain-Ancestor
Wild barley is a hardy annual grass that grows naturally in Mediterranean climates and requires minimal intervention. It adapts to various soil types and needs only occasional watering once established. This grass is excellent for naturalized gardens and provides valuable habitat and food for wildlife.
Growing conditions
The details behind the basics
- Daily light
- 6 hours
- Watering
- Water moderately until soil is moist, reduce watering in winter · Every 10-14 days
- Maintenance
- Low
- Soil
- loam
- Soil pH
- 5.5–8
- Temperature
- -40°F to 100°F
- Cycle
- Perennial
Hardiness
USDA 3a-10b
Form & growth
Mature size and habit
- Mature height
- 12 in – 4 ft
- Spread
- 12 in
- Spacing
- 10 in apart
- Growth rate
- Moderate
- Root depth
- Medium
- Flowers
- No
- Foliage
- Medium
Ecology & origin
Where it belongs and what it brings
- Native to
- Afghanistan, Belarus, China South-Central, Cyprus, East Aegean Is., East Himalaya, Egypt, Greece, Iran, Iraq, Kazakhstan, Kirgizstan, Kriti, Lebanon-Syria, Libya, Morocco, Pakistan, Palestine, Qinghai, Saudi Arabia
- Attracts
- Birds
Sources: trefle, usda
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