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Barley grass eye damage

Barley grass eye damage

Apart from being a serious weed of pasture throughout the country, the barbed awns on barley grass seeds can penetrate the eyes of sheep and cause painful lesions and blindness.

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Photograph by Jennifer Hartley

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Ian Popay. 'Weeds of agriculture', Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, updated 1-Mar-09
URL: http://www.TeAra.govt.nz/en/weeds-of-agriculture/2/1