black grass twitch alopecurus myosuroides norfolk england

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Black-grass or Twitch - Alopecurus myosuroides, Norfolk, England, UK Royalty Free Stock Photo

Black-grass or Twitch - Alopecurus myosuroides, Norfolk, England, UK

Black-grass or Twitch - Alopecurus myosuroides in barley field, Norfolk, England, UK. A. myosuroides is an annual grass which is native to Eurasia and grows in moist meadows, deciduous forests, and cultivated or disturbed ground. A significant weed species in temperate cereal crops, it has become one of the most damaging weeds of winter cereals in Western Europe with the changes in agricultural practice over the past 30 years from regular ploughing to reduced tillage systems, suppression of broadleaf weeds in continuous cereals, and the move away from burning of stubbles