66 GRAMINEAE (GRASS FAMILY) 
Little Barley is not such a dangerous pest as Squirrel-tail-grass 
but it makes a similar growth in tufts and crowds out better forage 
Fie. 33.— Little Bar- 
ley (Hordeum pusillum). 
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also, its early bloom causes it to becom 
dry and worthless just when green foo 
is most needed. (Fig. 33.) 
Cuims six to fifteen inches tall, smooth 
erect or decumbent at the base. Sheath 
loose, smooth, shorter than the inter 
nodes, the upper often enclosing the bas 
of the spike; blades one to three inche 
long, erect, and rough. Spikes erect, on 
to three inches in length; spikelets clus 
tered in threes, the central one fertile, th 
lateral pair abortive; glumes of the fertil: 
spikelet dilated above the base and taper 
ing into a slender awn, rough but no 
barbed, equaling the awned lemma. 
Means of control 
Early and frequent cutting in order t 
prevent the development of seed. 
WALL BARLEY 
Hordeum murinum, L. 
Other English names: Waybent, Barley 
grass. 
Introduced. Annual. Propagates by seeds 
Time of bloom: June to July. 
Seed-time: July to August. 
Range: California and Oregon; also i 
Atlantic States along the coast near ses 
ports. 
Habitat: Fields and waste places. 
A European relative of the Squirrel-tail-grass, the roughene 
awns of which are nearly as unpleasant to grazing animals as thos 
of the native plant. Culms six inches to two feet tall, erect c 
decumbent at base, growing in tufts. Sheaths loose, shorter tha 
the internodes on the long stems, overlapping on the shorter one: 
