Alopecurus, or foxtail grass, is a common and widespread genus of plants in the grass family. It is common across temperate and subtropical parts of Eurasia , northern Africa , and the Americas , as well as naturalized in Australia and on various islands.

There are 4 Alopecurus species known to be in Minnesota, 2 of which are native. At a glance they may all look similar—narrowly cylindric spikes usually blooming (and completely shedding seed) from the top down, single-flowered spikelets usually blackish when mature, hairy glumes equal in size and shape, and lemma awns arising from the lower ...

Alopecurus geniculatus is a perennial grass forming bunches of erect stems up to about 60 cm (24 inches) in height. The leaves are up 12 cm (5 inches) in length.

Alopecurus geniculatus is a perennial grasslike herb that is native to California, and also found elsewhere in North America and beyond.

Ecology: Alopecurus geniculatus is an emergent, perennial tufted grass that grows 20-60 cm tall, adapted to moist or wet soils with a variety of textures, with a preferred substrate of wet clay, mud, silt, or peat (Clayton et al. 2006, Fofonoff et al. 2003, Klein 2011).

Short-awned meadow-foxtail is widely distributed around the world and across North America. In New England it is found in meadows, ditches, shorelines and wet sandy places. Anthropogenic (man-made or disturbed habitats), shores of rivers or lakes. Non-native: introduced (intentionally or unintentionally); has become naturalized.

Alopecurus pratensis, known as the meadow foxtail[1] or the field meadow foxtail, is a perennial grass belonging to the grass family (Poaceae). It is native to Europe and Asia. This common plant is found on grasslands, especially on neutral soils. It is found on moist, fertile soils, but avoids waterlogged, light or dry soils.

A single tightly packed, narrowly cylindric, spike-like branching cluster at the top of the stem, ½ to 4 inches long. Spikelets (flower clusters) are 3.5 to 6+ mm (to ~¼ inch) long, flattened, narrowly oblong-elliptic in outline and have a single floret, light to medium green at flowering time.

Alopecurus is a genus of 36 species that grow primarily in open, mesic habitats, and are native to the northern temperate zone and South America. Four species are native to the Flora region, four were introduced and have become established, and two …

Alopecurus Linnaeus. Subfamily: Pooideae. Tribe: Poeae (CHLOROPLAST GROUP 2 Poeae type). Subtribe: Poinae. supertribe: Poodae. clade: "BOP". Common name: Foxtail Grass. Key to Alopecurus. A genus of about 36 species, north temperate and temperate South America. References: Crins (2007b) In Flora of North America Editorial Committee (2007a ...