Wheatgrass is 30 to 100 cm tall. The leaf sheaths are phimose, covered with white pubescence, the ligule is transparent and membranous, and the top has cracked teeth. The leaves are 5 to 30 cm long, 2 to 8 mm wide, and white on both sides. Velvet, sometimes hairless underneath.

Some also call it oats, mulberry grass, mulberry grass, cow star grass, wild wheat, wild wheat, wild barley, wild oats, mountain barley, sleep grass, mountain millet, etc., mainly produced in Liaoning, Inner Mongolia, Hebei, Shanxi, Shandong, Henan, Shaanxi, Gansu, Anhui, Jiangsu, Jiangxi, Hunan, Hubei, Xinjiang, Tibet, Sichuan, Yunnan, Taiwan and other places.

It often grows on hillside forest edges in rural areas, along wilderness roads, and in floodplain wetlands. It can also often be seen on river banks, ditches, and field edges in Jiangnan water towns, especially in wheat fields. It is so common that rural people hate it and call it wild wheat.

The advantages and disadvantages of wheat straw

It is rich in B vitamins, niacin, folic acid, pantothenic acid, etc. The amino acid composition of the protein is relatively comprehensive, and contains 8 essential amino acids for the human body. Both top the list and also contain phosphorus, potassium, iron, pantothenic acid, copper and fiber. The wheatgrass grown during the Qingming Festival has just grown up, and is still very fresh and tender, and is very juicy. After harvesting it, clean it, boil it in a pot with water, and add some edible alkali to make green dough.

It is the most important malignant weed that harms wheat in my country. Especially in recent years, it has become a new weed with a rapid increase in population density. It has the characteristics of large density, high population, strong fecundity, and difficulty in eradication. Features.