The Town of Okotoks is warning the public about the effects a plant found in Okotoks has on pets. Hordeum Jubatum, otherwise ...

The city has targeted foxtail barley in recent years, including a move over the summer to regulate the grass to 8 cm at “nuisance properties” — defined by the city as land that has gone ...

Foxtail is the common name for grasses that produce a certain kind of flower structure. The usual suspects are foxtail brome, foxtail barley and foxtail millet, but other grasses produce a similar ...

Evan Spencer, councillor for Ward 12, says foxtail barley is a native plant in Alberta that thrives in disturbed and saline soil, especially when it doesn't have a lot of competition.

Foxtail barley is a perennial grass that is native to Alberta. While it has several positive properties, such as reducing soil erosion, its seeds pose a sharp problem.

The grasses that cause the most problem are cheat grass, foxtail barley, cenchrus species, creeping foxtail (Alopecurus pratensis) and needle grass (Stipa species) among others, he said.

The City of Calgary is considering a $500 fine for property owners who don’t control the growth of foxtail barley, a grass that can be harmful to pets. The changes would require the plant to be ...

Foxtail barley, also known as foxtail, wild barley or "Hordeum jubatum," is a shallow rooted and short-lived perennial grass that reproduces by seeds, grows on a variety of soil and tolerates ...

Pet-Talk-06-06-14-Autumn-by-Sandy-Miller-Dogwood-Pet-Hospital.jpg If you take your dogs to run in fields or pastures, watch out for foxtails, or grass awns, which sharp grass seed clusters with ...

Tanya Jeffrey has written to Brighton and Hove City Council leader Phélim Mac Cafferty asking for an end to the problem and set up a petition – Foxtail Barley Grass Seeds Must Go – on the ...

Additionally, it is not "grass growing more than eight inches tall." Mayor Mackin's letter requested foxtail barley be placed on these lists.