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Alopecurus

Alopecurus L.

Carolus Linnaeus

Carl Linnaeus was a Sweden botanist, physician, and zoologist, who laid the foundations for the modern scheme of binomial nomenclature. He is known as the father of modern alpha taxonomy, and is also considered one of the fathers of modern ecology....
, or Foxtail Grass, is a genus of the grass family Poaceae

Poaceae

Poaceae or Gramineae is a family in the Class Liliopsida of the Magnoliophyta. Plants of this family are usually called grasses; the shrub- or tree-like plants in this family are called bamboo ....
with 25 to 35 species.

Foxtails occur in northern temperate regions. They can be annual

Annual plant

An annual plant is a plant that usually germinates flowers and dies in one year. True annuals will only live longer than a year if they are prevented from setting seed....
or perennial

Perennial plant

A perennial plant or perennial is a plant that lives for more than two years. When used by gardeners or horticulturalists, this term applies specifically to perennial herbaceous plants....
. They grow in tufts. They have flat leaves

Leaf

In botany, a leaf is an above-ground plant Organ specialized for photosynthesis. For this purpose, a leaf is typically flat and thin, to expose the cells containing chloroplast to light over a broad area, and to allow light to penetrate fully into the tissues....
and blunt ligules (a small flap at the junction of leaf and stem). Their inflorescence is a dense panicle

Panicle

A panicle is a compound raceme, a loose, much-branched Indeterminate growth inflorescence with Pedicel flowers attached along the secondary branches ....
(a branching head without terminal flower

Flower

A flower, sometimes known as a bloom or blossom, is the reproduction structure found in flowering plants . The biological function of a flower is to mediate the union of male sperm with female ovum in order to produce seeds....
) with 1-flowered spikelets. A few, particularly A.

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Alopecurus L.
Carolus Linnaeus

Carl Linnaeus was a Sweden botanist, physician, and zoologist, who laid the foundations for the modern scheme of binomial nomenclature. He is known as the father of modern alpha taxonomy, and is also considered one of the fathers of modern ecology....
, or Foxtail Grass, is a genus of the grass family Poaceae
Poaceae

Poaceae or Gramineae is a family in the Class Liliopsida of the Magnoliophyta. Plants of this family are usually called grasses; the shrub- or tree-like plants in this family are called bamboo ....
with 25 to 35 species.

Foxtails occur in northern temperate regions. They can be annual
Annual plant

An annual plant is a plant that usually germinates flowers and dies in one year. True annuals will only live longer than a year if they are prevented from setting seed....
or perennial
Perennial plant

A perennial plant or perennial is a plant that lives for more than two years. When used by gardeners or horticulturalists, this term applies specifically to perennial herbaceous plants....
. They grow in tufts. They have flat leaves
Leaf

In botany, a leaf is an above-ground plant Organ specialized for photosynthesis. For this purpose, a leaf is typically flat and thin, to expose the cells containing chloroplast to light over a broad area, and to allow light to penetrate fully into the tissues....
and blunt ligules (a small flap at the junction of leaf and stem). Their inflorescence is a dense panicle
Panicle

A panicle is a compound raceme, a loose, much-branched Indeterminate growth inflorescence with Pedicel flowers attached along the secondary branches ....
(a branching head without terminal flower
Flower

A flower, sometimes known as a bloom or blossom, is the reproduction structure found in flowering plants . The biological function of a flower is to mediate the union of male sperm with female ovum in order to produce seeds....
) with 1-flowered spikelets. A few, particularly A. myosuroides, are considered weed
WEED

WEED is a radio station broadcasting a Gospel format. Licensed to Rocky Mount, North Carolina, USA, it serves the area. The station is currently owned by Northstar Broadcasting Corporation....
s, others are very decorative and are used in bouquets of dried flowers.

Species

Alopecurus aequalis
Alopecurus aequalis

Alopecurus aequalis is a common species of Poaceae known by the common name shortawn foxtail. It is native to much of the temperate Northern Hemisphere from Eurasia to North America, where it can be found in many types of habitat....
- Orange Foxtail, Shortawn Foxtail
Alopecurus aequalis aequalis - Short-awn Meadow-foxtail, Shortawn Foxtail
Alopecurus aequalis sonomensis - Sonoma Shortawn Foxtail, Sonoma Alopecurus
Alopecurus alpinus - Alpine Foxtail
Alopecurus alpinus alpinus - Boreal Alopecurus
Alopecurus anthoxantoides
Alopecurus arundinaceous - Reed Foxtail, Creeping Foxtail, Creeping Meadow Foxtail
Alopecurus bonariensis
Alopecurus brachystachus
Alopecurus bulbosus - Bulbous Foxtail
Alopecurus carolinianus
Alopecurus carolinianus

Alopecurus carolinianus is a species of Poaceae known by the common names Carolina foxtail and tufted foxtail. It is native to much of North America, including most of the United States and western Canada....
- Carolina Foxtail, Tufted Meadow Foxtail
Alopecurus creticus - Cretan Meadow Foxtail
Alopecurus geniculatus
Alopecurus geniculatus

Alopecurus geniculatus is a species of Poaceae known by the common name water foxtail. It is native to much of Eurasia and North America, where it grows in moist areas....
- Bent Foxtail, Marsh Meadow Foxtail
Alopecurus geniculatus geniculatus - Water Foxtail
Alopecurus geniculatus microstachys - Water Foxtail
Alopecurus geniculatus patagonicus

*Alopecurus heliochloides
Alopecurus japonicus - Japanese Foxtail
Alopecurus lanatus
Alopecurus magellanicus
Alopecurus magellanicus bracteatus
Alopecurus magellanicus magellanicus
Alopecurus myosuroides
Alopecurus myosuroides

Alopecurus myosuroides also known as Slender Meadow Foxtail, Black-Grass, Twitch Grass, Black Twitch.In the UK, where it is known to farmers as black-grass, it is a major weed of cereal crops and has developed Pesticide resistance to a range of herbicides used to control it....
- Slender Meadow Foxtail, Black Grass, Twitch Grass, Black Twitch
Alopecurus pratensis
Meadow Foxtail

The Meadow Foxtail , also known as the Field Meadow Foxtail, is a Perennial plant grass, belonging to the grass family . It is native to Europe and Asia....
- Meadow Foxtail
Alopecurus rendlei - Rendle's Meadow Foxtail
Alopecurus saccatus
Alopecurus saccatus

Alopecurus saccatus is a species of Poaceae known by the common name Pacific foxtail, or Pacific meadow foxtail. It is native the west coast of the United States from Washington to California, where it grows in moist areas at low elevations....
- Pacific Foxtail
Alopecurus utriculatus

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