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Barbed goatgrass

Aegilops triuncialis

Also called Barb Goat Grass, Jointed Goat Grass, Barbed Goat Grass

Barbed goatgrass
Photo: Javier martin, Public domain

Barbed goatgrass is a winter annual wild grass, native to the Mediterranean, Eastern Europe and Western Asia, that is invasive in parts of North America. It grows best in dry, rocky or serpentine soils, grassland and disturbed ground.

Family
Poaceae (Grass family)
Grows as
Grass, Annual
Light
Full sun
Water
Needs little water; it is adapted to dry conditions and relies on winter and spring rain.
Soil
Rocky, well-drained, infertile or serpentine soils.
Temperature
Tolerates cool winters and warm dry summers; frost hardy as a winter annual.
How easy
Easy
Native range
Medit. to C. Asia and Pakistan
Climate
subtropical

About

Aegilops triuncialis, or barbed goatgrass, is a grass species of the family Poaceae. It is a winter annual native to many areas in Eastern and Mediterranean Europe and Western Asia. It is considered an introduced, invasive species in North America, mainly in the Western coast of the United States. 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.

Other Aegilops plants

Jointed goatgrass · Goatgrass · Tausch's goatgrass · Goatgrass

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Aegilops triuncialis by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.

The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.

Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.

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