Common Barnyard-grass

Echinochloa crusgalli

Not native to Kentucky

Do not plant. Listed invasive in Kentucky.

Photographs are not available yet.

Ecological relationships

Who uses this plant?

5CaterpillarsGenus host records with ranges including KY

Genus host records with ranges including KY · Echinochloa

Ancyloxypha numitorLeast Skipper
Dargida diffusaWheat Head Armywotm Moth
Elasmopalpus lignosellaLesser Cornstalk Borer
Polites themistoclesTawny-Edged Skipper
Spodoptera frugiperdaFall Armyworm Moth

Shropshire & Tallamy 2025, Lepidoptera of North America north of Mexico, ZooKeys 1261 (ODbL)

—BeesSoutheastern regional records

—Specialist beesPollen specialists

21BirdsRecorded genus food-resource interactions; not a state feeding claim

Recorded genus food-resource interactions; not a state feeding claim · Echinochloa

Agelaius phoeniceusRed-winged Blackbird
Aix sponsaWood Duck
Anas creccaGreen-winged Teal
Anas platyrhynchosMallard
Anser albifronsGreater White-fronted Goose
Aythya collarisRing-necked Duck
Calcarius lapponicusLapland Longspur
Calcarius pictusSmith's Longspur
Callipepla californicaCalifornia Quail
Cardinalis cardinalisNorthern Cardinal

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Dendrocygna autumnalisBlack-bellied Whistling-Duck
Dendrocygna bicolorFulvous Whistling-Duck
Dolichonyx oryzivorusBobolink
Mareca americanaAmerican Wigeon
Mareca streperaGadwall
Meleagris gallopavoWild Turkey
Molothrus aterBrown-headed Cowbird
Plectrophenax nivalisSnow Bunting
Porzana carolinaSora
Rallus elegansKing Rail
Spatula discorsBlue-winged Teal

Hurlbert, Olsen, Sawyer & Winner 2021, Avian Diet Database, Scientific Data 8: 260 (CC0)

Growing and identification

Plant details

Family: Poaceae

Safety has not been reviewed for this plant; check toxicity and thorns before planting.

Also known as

Common Barnyard grass; Echinochloa crus galli; Echinochloa crus-galli

Conservation status

Kentucky rank	Not available
Global rank	GNR
KY status	Not verified
Federal status	Not verified

Conservation source Global and federal source

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