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WEED FLORA OF IOWA 



Barnyard Grass {Echinochloa crusgalU (L.) Beauv.)- 

 Description. — A coarse, ascending, leafy annual 1-5 ft. high, 

 with wide leaves ; spike 1-3 in. long, crowded in a dense panicle ; 



Fig. 7. Barnyard Grass (.Bchinoohloa crusgalU). Fields, barnyards and road- 

 sides. 

 (Photographed by Hart.) 



Fig. 7-A. Distribution of Barnyard Grass. 



