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Hordeum arizonicum is a species of wild barley known by the common name Arizona barley. It is native to northern Mexico and the southwestern United States, where it grows in wet spots in desert regions, such as irrigation ditches. It can grow in somewhat saline soils. This is an annual or perennial grass forming erections 20 to 70 cm high. The inflorescence is a spike up to about 12 cm long made up of spikelets up to about 3 cm long each, usually tipped with awns.

Plant type

Grass

Size

8 - 28 in Tall

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Color

Brown

Plant communities

Wetland-Riparian

Caterpillars
Butterflies

Butterflies and moths supported

0 confirmed and 5 likely

Confirmed Likely

Glassy Borer

Apamea devastator

Alfalfa Looper Moth

Autographa californica

Bilobed Looper Moth

Megalographa biloba

Armyworm Moth

Mythimna unipuncta