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Can anyone confirm this is barnyard grass?

 
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It’s a relatively new weed for me.

If anyone knows their weeds and grasses, could you confirm this is barnyardgrass?

Thank you!!
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Yes!

 
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I was not familiar with this grass so I asked:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Echinochloa
 
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They are related to two cereal grains, Indian and Japanese barnyard-millets. And they are apparently excellent crops for climates that are wet—such as would favor rice—yet at least in the case of the Japanese, they are short season crops appropriate to areas where it gets too cold for rice.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Echinochloa_esculenta?wprov=sfti1#History
 
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