Leaf blades are smooth, flat, and broad (about 1⁄2 inch or more) with a pointed tip. Of the 3 echinochloa species in minnesota, e. Stems often grow along the ground before turning upward (learning center 2012).
The leaf sheaths are smooth to sparsely. Although native to tropical asia, barnyard grass can be found throughout the. Barnyardgrass grows in clumps up to five feet tall.
The thick culms (hollow and. It reproduces by seed and is considered one of the world’s worst weeds in rice cultivation.