Life Span
Perennial
Perennial
Type
Grass
Needled or Scaled Evergreen
Origin
North America, South America, Europe, Southern Africa, Asia
Europe, Russia/Siberia, Western Asia
Types
-
-
Number of Varieties
5-
0
40000
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Habitat
meadows, Pastures, Wet lands
Alpine Meadows, Mediterranean region, Rock outcrops, Slopes, Woodlands
USDA Hardiness Zone
-99995-8
0
99
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AHS Heat Zone
-
-
Sunset Zone
-
1 - 7,15 - 17
Habit
-
Pyramidal
Plant Size
Minimum Height
30.00 cm1,000.00 cm
0
3900
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Minimum Width
40.00 cm200.00 cm
0
6350
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Plant Color
Flower Color
Yellow Brown
-
Flower Color Modifier
Bicolor
-
Fruit Color
-
-
Leaf Color in Spring
Green, Light Green, Blue Green, Gray Green
Green
Leaf Color in Summer
Light Green
Green, Blue Green
Leaf Color in Fall
-
Green, Blue Green
Leaf Color in Winter
-
Blue Green, Gray Green
Shape
Leaf Shape
Oblong
Needle like
Thorns
✔
✘
✔
✘
Plant Season
-
Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter
Growing Conditions
Sunlight
Full Sun
Full Sun
Growth Rate
Fast
Slow
Type of Soil
Loam, Sand
Loam, Sand
The pH of Soil
-
Acidic, Neutral
Soil Drainage
Well drained
Average
Bloom Time
Spring, Summer
Late Summer, Spring
Repeat Bloomer
✔
✘
✔
✘
Tolerances
Deer resistant, Drought, Salt
Drought
Where to Plant?
Ground
Ground
How to Plant?
Seedlings
Cuttings, Seedlings
Plant Maintenance
Medium
Medium
Watering Plants
Watering Requirements
Keep the ground moist but not water-logged
Keep ground moist, Keep the Soil well drained, Medium, Requires regular watering
In Summer
Less Watering
Lots of watering
In Spring
Moderate
Moderate
In Winter
Lots of watering
Average Water
Soil
Soil pH
-
Acidic, Neutral
Soil Type
Loam, Sand
Loam, Sand
Soil Drainage Capacity
Well drained
Average
Sun Exposure
Full Sun
Full Sun
Pruning
No pruning needed in the early stages, Remove damaged leaves, Remove dead branches, Remove dead leaves
Prune once the plant is tall enough, Prune to stimulate growth
Fertilizers
avoid high rate of nitrogen in spring, Nitrogen
All-Purpose Liquid Fertilizer
Pests and Diseases
Fungal Diseases, Head smut, Leaf rust, Stem rot
Adelgids, Bark beetles, Blister Rust, Canker, Sawfly Larvae, Spruce spider mite, White pine weevil
Plant Tolerance
Deer resistant, Drought, Salt
Drought
Flowers
-
-
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
-
Evergreen
✔
✘
✔
✘
Invasive
✔
✘
✔
✘
Self-Sowing
✔
✘
✔
✘
Attracts
Bees, Birds, Butterflies
Birds, Insects
Allergy
-
-
Uses
Aesthetic Uses
Ground Cover
Beautification, Decorating walls, Ground Cover, Landscape Designing, Mixed Border, Showy Purposes, Used for decorating walls, fences, gates, hedges, etc., Used for making hedges
Beauty Benefits
Improve skin condition
-
Edible Uses
✔
✘
✔
✘
Environmental Uses
Erosion control, Food for animals, soil stabilisation
Air purification
Plant Benefits
Medicinal Uses
-
-
Part of Plant Used
Seeds
-
Other Uses
Food for animals
Application in Furniture, Condiment, Food for animals, Paper pulp, Showy Purposes, Used as Christmas Tree, Used as Ornamental plant, Used for its medicinal properties, Used for Landscaping
Used As Indoor Plant
✔
✘
✔
✘
Used As Outdoor Plant
✔
✘
✔
✘
Garden Design
Cutflower, Dried Flower/Everlasting, Edible, Wildflower
Feature Plant, Screening, Wind Break, Shade Trees
Botanical Name
Hordeum brachyantherum
Pinus balfouriana
Common Name
Meadow Barley
Foxtail pine
In Hindi
meadow barley
foxtail pine
In German
Wiese Gerste
foxtail Kiefer
In French
orge prairie
sétaire pin
In Spanish
cebada prado
pino de cola de zorra
In Greek
λιβάδι κριθάρι
αλωπέκουρου πεύκο
In Portuguese
cevada prado
pinho foxtail
In Polish
łąka jęczmienia
włośnica sosny
In Latin
pratum hordei
panicum pinus
Kingdom
Plantae
Plantae
Phylum
Magnoliophyta
Coniferophyta
Class
Liliopsida
Pinopsida
Order
Cyperales
Pinales
Family
Poaceae
Pinaceae
Genus
Hordeum
Pinus
Clade
Angiosperms, Commelinids, Monocots
-
Tribe
-
Pineae
Subfamily
-
Pinoideae
Number of Species
10111
1
27800
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