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.