Taxonomy

Hordeum secalinum | Meadow Barley | Eorna mhóinéir

Pre 2017

2017 - 2020

Status

Conservation status

Protected

Native status

Native

Species Biology

Habitat

Damp grassland

Life cycle

Annual / Perennial

Ex-situ conservation

Material in the seed and genebank at Trinity College Botanic Garden Dublin (set up by Genetic Heritage Ireland. Living collection in the National Botanic Garden.

Use

Food crop

Vegetative nature

Herbaceous

Distribution

World distribution(GBIF)

Temporal change

Records submitted to Data Centre in 2024

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Further information

International importance as a Crop Wild Relative. Rare in Ireland, probably introduced with grain.

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