[Wikipedia] Eurasia, North America native, Description: Echinochloa muricata is a species of grass known by the common names rough barnyard grass and American barnyard grass. It is native to Eurasia and much of North America.[1][2]
It is an annual grass growing one half to one meter in height. (link added by Mary Ann Machi)
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