Aegilops triuncialis

Aegilops triuncialis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Poaceae
Subfamily: Pooideae
Genus: Aegilops
Species:
A. triuncialis
Binomial name
Aegilops triuncialis
Aegilops triuncialis drawing from Manual of the grasses of the United States, Hitchcock, A.S (1950)
Spikelets of the barbed goatgrass, containing seeds, that become attached to animals, humans, and vehicles, so aiding in the spread of the plant.[1]
Close-up of flowering spike of Barbed Goatgrass
Aegilops triuncialis occurring along roadsides at the base of the Carson Range, Nevada

Aegilops triuncialis, or barbed goatgrass, is a grass species of the family Poaceae.[1] It is a winter annual native to many areas in Eastern and Mediterranean Europe and Western Asia.[2] It is considered an introduced, invasive species in North America, mainly in the Western coast of the United States.[3] In its native lands, the grass thrives in mainly rocky, serpentine soil, but also does well in grasslands and ruderal/disturbed ground as well as oak woodlands.[4][5]

  1. ^ a b California Invasive Plant Council. "Aegilops triuncialis (barb goatgrass)". Retrieved 6 March 2014.
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  3. ^ Oregon Department of Agriculture. "barbed goatgrass (aegilops triuncialis L.)". Retrieved 6 March 2014.
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  5. ^ Rice, Kevin (November 1, 2013). "Evolutionary ecology along invasion fronts of the annual grass Aegilops triuncialis" (PDF). Biological Invasions. 15 (11): 2531–2545. Bibcode:2013BiInv..15.2531R. doi:10.1007/s10530-013-0471-6. S2CID 10393646.