What is Hordeum?

Hordeum , commonly called barley, is a grass genus about 30 species originally in the mild areas of the northern hemisphere and South America and to South Africa. The genus is diverse, with some species considered invasive weeds and other rare and endangered. One species, h.

h. Vulgare was the first grain that was grown and is one of the most grown grain. Beer made of barley is considered the first drink of people. The plant, originally from a fertile crescent in West Asia, is resistant to drought and very adaptable, which allows to grow in mild and tropical climate. In the European and Middle Eastern period, it remained a catering foundation in the European and Middle East until the medieval period. My Been was used as a currency, as measurements, in rituals of divination and in religious sacrifices. Today, in addition to its use in alcoholic beverages and food PRO people and livestock, barley is used as a natural algicide in garden ponds in England. It is also used in healthy foods, especially as a natural sweetener. Malt syrup barley is strong, dark and about half as sweet as refined sugar.

Arizona Barley, or Hordeum Arizonicum is a wild species growing throughout the southwest United States and Northern Mexico. It grows in damp areas in the desert and is slightly tolerating salinity. h. Depression , also called dwarf barley or low barley, is originally from the Western United States, where it grows in wet areas. h. Brachyantherum or barley of meadows, grows in the coastal regions of Eastern Russia and Newfoundland, as in Western North America.

hordeum intercenes , commonly called bobtail barley or vernal barley, is originally from southern California in the United StatesAnd in North Baja California in Mexico. Like other North American species of Hordeum , it grows in wet areas and tolerates salt soils. It's increasingly rare.

Foxtail Barley, or Hordeum jubatum , grows in the wilderness of North America and northeast Siberia. It is grown as an ornamental plant, spread seeds and tolerates different types of soil. His hardiness caused h. The jubatum becomes naturalized far beyond its native range and even becomes invasive in some areas.