Vulpia
Encyclopedia
Vulpia is a genus of grasses
which are known as fescues; Vulpia is sometimes considered a subset of the main fescue
genus, Festuca. Many of these fescues are considered noxious weeds in places where they are not native. Vulpia myuros
is a notable weed in this genus.
Selected species:
Poaceae
The Poaceae is a large and nearly ubiquitous family of flowering plants. Members of this family are commonly called grasses, although the term "grass" is also applied to plants that are not in the Poaceae lineage, including the rushes and sedges...
which are known as fescues; Vulpia is sometimes considered a subset of the main fescue
Fescue
Festuce is a genus of about 300 species of perennial tufted grasses, belonging to the grass family Poaceae . The genus has a cosmopolitan distribution, although the majority of the species are found in cool temperate areas...
genus, Festuca. Many of these fescues are considered noxious weeds in places where they are not native. Vulpia myuros
Vulpia myuros
Vulpia myuros, or Rat’s-tail Fescue, is an annual grass species of the genus Vulpia. It was probably originally native to Eurasia, but it can now be found nearly worldwide as a naturalized species....
is a notable weed in this genus.
Selected species:
- Vulpia bromoidesVulpia bromoidesVulpia bromoides, Brome Fescue, is a grass species native to Europe, North Africa, and Asia Minor. It has been introduced to North America, the Hawaiian Islands, Puerto Rico and other places...
- brome fescue - Vulpia elliotea - squirreltail fescue
- Vulpia microstachysVulpia microstachysVulpia microstachys is a species of grass known by the common names small fescue and small sixweeks grass. It is native to western North America from British Columbia to Colorado and New Mexico to Baja California, where it grows in many types of open habitat, including grasslands...
- small fescue - Vulpia myurosVulpia myurosVulpia myuros, or Rat’s-tail Fescue, is an annual grass species of the genus Vulpia. It was probably originally native to Eurasia, but it can now be found nearly worldwide as a naturalized species....
- rat-tail fescue - Vulpia octofloraVulpia octofloraVulpia octoflora Vulpia octoflora Vulpia octoflora (Pullout grass, Sixweeks fescue, Sixweeks grass, Eight-flower sixweeks grass, Eight-flowered fescue; syn. Festuca octoflora Walter var...
- sixweeks fescue, pullout grass