Echinochloa walteri
coast cockspur, coast cockspur grass, walter's barnyard grass, échinochloé de walter
Family
Poaceae
Leaf Arrangement
alternate
Leaf Type
simple
Leaf Shape
linear
Growth Form
graminoid, emergent aquatic, aquatic
Flower Color
inconspicuous
Flower Month
June - October
Height (meters)
0.6 - 2.0
Milky Sap
No
Armed/Unarmed
Unarmed
Origin
native
Lifespan
annual, perennial
Growing Season
Warm season
Wetland Class
OBL
Wetland Coefficient of Conservatism
5
Prairie Coefficient of Conservatism
0
Animal Use
Highly palatable to cattle, producing forage late in the hot summer period; among the most important wetland plants for attracting upland game birds, songbirds, and waterfowl (ducks).
Natural History
Found most frequently in the coastal marsh region and less frequently on the margins of streams and in moist places in north-central and eastern Texas to Louisiana and northward to Wisconsin and Virginia. This species ranges southward into Mexico.
Habitat
Marshes and low waste places, wet soils.