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Foxtail Barley

Hordeum jubatum

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Not scored

Native status: sources disagree, under review. How scores work Is it native here?

Profile 65%

Height
1 foot
Light
Full sun
Soil moisture
Somewhat dry to average
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At a glance

Life cycle
Perennial

Not yet recorded · Spread · Leaves · Bloom

This plant is missing most of its facts, so Quercus is looking them up in old botany books.

Recorded in 6 West Virginia counties.

Ecological relationships

Who uses this plant?

What these records mean

15CaterpillarsGenus host records with ranges including WV

Genus host records with ranges including WV · Hordeum

  • Agrotis gladiariaSwordsman Dart, Clay-Backed Cut-Worm
  • Agrotis venerabilisVenerable Dart, Dusky Cut-Worm
  • Agrotis volubilisVoluble Dart
  • Apamea devastatorGlassy Borer, Glassy Cutworm Moth
  • Apamea sordensBordered Apamea, Rustic Shoulder-Knot
  • Dargida diffusaWheat Head Armywotm Moth
  • Fissicrambus mutabilisStriped Webworm, Striped Sodworm, Changeable Grass-Veneer
  • Maliattha synochitisBlack-Dotted Lithacodia, Black-Dotted Glyph, Brass-Dotted Grass Moth
  • Megalographa bilobaBilobed Looper Moth
  • Mythimna unipunctaArmyworm Moth, White Speck
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  • Nephelodes miniansBronzed Cutworm
  • Papaipema nebrisStalk Borer
  • Spodoptera frugiperdaFall Armyworm Moth
  • Xestia c-nigrumSpotted Cut-Worm, Setaceous Hebrew Character, Lesser Black-letter Dart
  • Xestia dolosaGreater Black-Letter Dart, Greater Spotted Cutworm
Shropshire & Tallamy 2025, Lepidoptera of North America north of Mexico, ZooKeys 1261 (ODbL)
—BeesSoutheastern regional records
—Specialist beesPollen specialists
18BirdsRecorded genus food-resource interactions; not a state feeding claim

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

  • Anser albifronsGreater White-fronted Goose
  • Anthus rubescensAmerican Pipit
  • Antigone canadensisSandhill Crane
  • Aythya americanaRedhead
  • Calcarius lapponicusLapland Longspur
  • Calcarius pictusSmith's Longspur
  • Callipepla californicaCalifornia Quail
  • Columba liviaRock Pigeon
  • Corvus coraxCommon Raven
  • Mareca americanaAmerican Wigeon
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  • Passerculus sandwichensisSavannah Sparrow
  • Perdix perdixGray Partridge
  • Phasianus colchicusRing-necked Pheasant
  • Plectrophenax nivalisSnow Bunting
  • Sturnus vulgarisEuropean Starling
  • Xanthocephalus xanthocephalusYellow-headed Blackbird
  • Zenaida asiaticaWhite-winged Dove
  • Zenaida macrouraMourning Dove
Hurlbert, Olsen, Sawyer & Winner 2021, Avian Diet Database, Scientific Data 8: 260 (CC0)

Direct food only: birds recorded eating this genus across North America. Caterpillars on host plants also feed nesting birds. NC Native Plant Society: butterfly gardening

Growing and identification

Plant details

Family
Poaceae
Flower color
White, green or purple

What its natural habitat tells you

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

Growing sources and scope
Also known as

Squirrel Tail Barley

Conservation status

West Virginia rankSNA
Global rankG5
WV statusNot verified
Federal statusNot verified

Conservation source Global and federal source

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Growing cautions

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Sources