Life Span
Perennial
Perennial
Type
Grass
Shrub
Origin
North America, South America, Europe, Southern Africa, Asia
China
Types
-
-
Number of Varieties
52
0
40000
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Habitat
meadows, Pastures, Wet lands
Hills, Lower slopes, open Woodlands
USDA Hardiness Zone
-99994-8
0
99
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AHS Heat Zone
-
8-1
Sunset Zone
-
A3, 1a, 1b, 2a, 2b, 3a, 3b, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21
Habit
-
Upright/Erect
Plant Size
Minimum Height
30.00 cm240.00 cm
0
3900
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Minimum Width
40.00 cm180.00 cm
0
6350
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Plant Color
Flower Color
Yellow Brown
Light Green
Flower Color Modifier
Bicolor
-
Fruit Color
-
Brown, Light Green, Lime Green
Leaf Color in Spring
Green, Light Green, Blue Green, Gray Green
Green, Light Green
Leaf Color in Summer
Light Green
Green, Light Green
Leaf Color in Fall
-
Red
Leaf Color in Winter
-
-
Shape
Leaf Shape
Oblong
Lobed
Thorns
✔
✘
✔
✘
Plant Season
-
Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter
Growing Conditions
Sunlight
Full Sun
Full Sun, Partial Sun, Partial shade
Growth Rate
Fast
Medium
Type of Soil
Loam, Sand
Clay, Loam, Sand
The pH of Soil
-
Acidic, Neutral, Alkaline
Soil Drainage
Well drained
Well drained
Bloom Time
Spring, Summer
Late Spring, Early Summer
Repeat Bloomer
✔
✘
✔
✘
Tolerances
Deer resistant, Drought, Salt
Drought, Salt
Where to Plant?
Ground
Ground, Pot
How to Plant?
Seedlings
Seedlings
Plant Maintenance
Medium
Low
Watering Plants
Watering Requirements
Keep the ground moist but not water-logged
Average Water Needs, Requires regular watering, Requires watering in the growing season
In Summer
Less Watering
Lots of watering
In Spring
Moderate
Moderate
In Winter
Lots of watering
Average Water
Soil
Soil pH
-
Acidic, Neutral, Alkaline
Soil Type
Loam, Sand
Clay, Loam, Sand
Soil Drainage Capacity
Well drained
Well drained
Sun Exposure
Full Sun
Full Sun, Partial Sun, Partial shade
Pruning
No pruning needed in the early stages, Remove damaged leaves, Remove dead branches, Remove dead leaves
-
Fertilizers
avoid high rate of nitrogen in spring, Nitrogen
No fertilizers needed
Pests and Diseases
Fungal Diseases, Head smut, Leaf rust, Stem rot
Red blotch, Spider mites
Plant Tolerance
Deer resistant, Drought, Salt
Drought, Salt
Flowers
-
Insignificant
Flower Petal Number
Single
Single
Fruits
Showy Fruit
✔
✘
✔
✘
Edible Fruit
✔
✘
✔
✘
Fragrance
Fragrant Flower
✔
✘
✔
✘
Fragrant Fruit
✔
✘
✔
✘
Fragrant Leaf
✔
✘
✔
✘
Fragrant Bark/Stem
✔
✘
✔
✘
Showy Foliage
✔
✘
✔
✘
Showy Bark
✔
✘
✔
✘
Foliage Texture
Fine
Medium
Foliage Sheen
Matte
Matte
Evergreen
✔
✘
✔
✘
Invasive
✔
✘
✔
✘
Self-Sowing
✔
✘
✔
✘
Attracts
Bees, Birds, Butterflies
Birds
Allergy
-
Asthma
Uses
Aesthetic Uses
Ground Cover
Landscape Designing
Beauty Benefits
Improve skin condition
-
Edible Uses
✔
✘
✔
✘
Environmental Uses
Erosion control, Food for animals, soil stabilisation
Air purification, Forms dense stands, Nesting sites for birds, No fertilizer, pesticides, or herbicides needed, Prevent Soil Erosion, Shadow Tree, Windbreak
Plant Benefits
Medicinal Uses
-
-
Part of Plant Used
Seeds
Bark, Stem
Other Uses
Food for animals
Used as firewood, Used for woodware, Used in biomass, Used in construction, Used in Furniture, Wood is used for ship building, Wood is used in construction, Wood log is used in making fences
Used As Indoor Plant
✔
✘
✔
✘
Used As Outdoor Plant
✔
✘
✔
✘
Garden Design
Cutflower, Dried Flower/Everlasting, Edible, Wildflower
Cutflower, Feature Plant, Foundation, Hedges, Mixed Border, Screening, Wind Break
Botanical Name
Hordeum brachyantherum
EUONYMUS phellomanus
Common Name
Meadow Barley
Cork Oak
In Hindi
meadow barley
कॉर्क ट्री
In German
Wiese Gerste
Cork Tree
In French
orge prairie
Arbre de Cork
In Spanish
cebada prado
Árbol de corcho
In Greek
λιβάδι κριθάρι
Cork Tree
In Portuguese
cevada prado
Cork Tree
In Polish
łąka jęczmienia
Cork Tree
In Latin
pratum hordei
Cork ligno
Kingdom
Plantae
Plantae
Phylum
Magnoliophyta
Anthophyta
Class
Liliopsida
Dicotyledonae
Order
Cyperales
Fagales
Family
Poaceae
Celastraceae
Genus
Hordeum
Quercus
Clade
Angiosperms, Commelinids, Monocots
Angiosperms, Eudicots, Rosids
Tribe
-
Mirini
Subfamily
-
Mirinae
Number of Species
1050
1
27800
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