Hordeum jubatum (foxtail barley) Community Type

The Hordeum jubatum (foxtail barley) community type can rapidly collonize newly exposed saline areas. If water dynamics stabilize, later successional species such as distichlis spicata (inland saltgrass) can establish. This is a saline site near Big Lake, north of Laurel, Montana (elevation is approximately 1,197 m; 3,950 ft).