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Foxtail pic, for Jassy

Silver

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Just thought I'd show you our version of foxtail.

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Nasty little weed, really.
 

DJL

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This is foxtail barley and the other was green foxtail. I hate foxtail barley, which we have on disturbed ground. I remember one place we moved to years ago; the shop had blown full to three feet deep in the foxtail heads/seeds. My brothers thought Dad should light them on fire and see which went first, the shop or the foxtail seeds. Dad wouldn't go for it... darn!
 

JF Ranch

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This looks like what we've always called "tickle grass". I've also heard it called downey brome. It makes pretty poor hay and the beards tend to get into the eyes of cattle.
 

Jassy

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Ya...we have that,,and we do call it tickle grass too (JF said)...couldn't tell ya what the correct name of either foxtail is....funny how we all name the same weeds differently...Thanks for posting it though... :)
 

DJL

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Foxtail Barley - Hordeum Jubatum

Green Foxtail - Setaria Veridis

These are the correct names for the foxtails in question, but I think the ones we give them are a whole lot easier to say!
 
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