Poaceae
Wood-barley
Hordelymus europaeus
- Family
- Poaceae
- Genus
- Hordelymus
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Common names
By language (12)
- Belarusian
- Ячменеваласнец еўрапейскі, Хардэлімус еўрапейскі
- Bulgarian
- Горски ечемик
- Croatian
- Europska ječmika
- Czech
- Ječmenka evropská
- Dutch
- Bosgerst
- English
- Wood-barley
- German
- Waldgerste, Wald-Haargerste
- Polish
- Jęczmieniec zwyczajny, Wydmuchrzyca zwyczajna
- Russian
- Хордэлимус европейский, Кювьера европейская, Ячменеволоснец европейский
- Swedish
- Skogskorn
- Ukrainian
- Ячмінка лісова
- Welsh
- Heiddwellt y coed
Synonyms
- Cuviera europaea (L.) Koeler
- Elymus compositus Steud.
- Elymus cylindricus (Murray) Pohl
- Elymus europaeus L.
- Elymus europaeus f. elatior Zapal.
- Frumentum silvaticum E.H.L.Krause
- Hordelymus europaeus f. elatior (Zapał.) Soó
- Hordeum cylindricum Murray
- Hordeum desmoulinsii Philippe
- Hordeum elymoides Vest
- Hordeum europaeum (L.) All.
- Hordeum montanum Schrank
- Hordeum sylvaticum Huds.
- Hordeum sylvaticum var. europaeum (L.) Huds.
- Leptothrix europaea (L.) Dumort.
- Leymus europaeus (L.) Bidarlord & F.Ghahrem.
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Graminoid
Photos
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Photo: Stefan.lefnaer, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Stefan.lefnaer, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Stefan.lefnaer, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Stefan.lefnaer, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Stefan.lefnaer, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
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Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.