GRASSES OF OHIO 
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2. Hordeum distichum L. Two-rowed Barley. An annual 
grass like Hordeum vulgare but with the 2 lateral spikelets at each 
node of the rachis vestigial and containing vestigial flowers. 
Cultivated for its grain, usually mixed with H. vulgare. In fields 
and waste places. June, July. Escaped in Lake and Erie Counties. 
3. Hordeum nodosum L. Meadow Barley. An annual grass 
with erect or sometimes decumbent stems, 3^-2 ft. high, and erect 
spikes. Spikelets 3 at a node of the rachis, the central one with a 
perfect flower, the lateral ones with staminate or vestigial flowers; 
lemmas awned. 
In thin dry soils and waste places. May, June. Hamilton 
County. 
4. Hordeum jubMum L. Squirrel-tail Barley. A biennial grass 
with simple, erect, usually slender stems, ^4-2^2 ft. high, and a 
nodding, densely awned spike. Spikelets in 3’s, the central one con¬ 
taining a perfect flower, the lateral ones vestigial; empty glumes 
awn-like; lemma with an awn as long as the empty glumes; all 
the awns scabrous and very slender. 
A weed. In dry soil and waste ground. June-August. From 
Lake to Lucas County; also in Franklin, Madison, Greene, Allen, 
Defiance and Williams. Naturalized from the West. 
