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While looking out onto a field of not fully ripe wheat or barley you couldn't really tell the difference. They will both seem whitish green. Usually in the growth or vegetative stage (before the crop begins heading out) they will appear quite similar to one another. But as the heads appear, the differences also appear.
Wheat:
- will take on a brown or golden hue as it reaches maturity
- the wheat will have a shorter beard (the "hairs" that appear from the seed head)
- the head itself is coarser and often erect. Sometimes though, the seed head will be so heavy that it will bend at the base, but not curve down like barley.
Barley:
- takes on a yellow-white hue as it reaches maturity
- has a longer beard
- the head often bends downwards with the weight of the seeds on it as the seeds fill out and reach maturity; sometimes may bend at the neck as well
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