Alopecurus arundinaceus: taxon details and analytics
- Domain
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Tracheophyta
- Class
- Liliopsida
- Order
- Poales
- Family
- Poaceae
- Genus
- Alopecurus
- Species
- Alopecurus arundinaceus
- Scientific Name
- Alopecurus arundinaceus
Summary description from Wikipedia:
Alopecurus arundinaceus
Alopecurus arundinaceus, the creeping meadow foxtail or creeping foxtail, is a rhizomatous perennial species in the Grass family (Poaceae). Native to Eurasia and northern Africa, and widely introduced elsewhere, this sod forming grass is useful as a forage and for erosion control. It flowers between April and July, depending on its location. It grows in damp or saline grasslands and banks of waterways, and on mountains up to 1,200 m. However, according to the United States Bureau of Plant, Alopecurus arundinaceus was found at elevations up to 8500–9500 feet.
...Alopecurus arundinaceus in languages:
- Arabic
- ثعلبية قصبية
- Bokmål
- strandreverumpe
- Danish
- Sort rævehale
- English
- Creeping Foxtail
- English
- Creeping Meadow Foxtail
- Estonian
- mustjas rebasesaba
- Finnish
- ruokopuntarpää
- French
- Vulpin faux-roseau
- German
- Rohr-Fuchsschwanzgras
- Hebrew
- זנב-שועל ביצתי
- Lithuanian
- Juosvavarpis pašiaušėlis
- Russian
- Лисохвост тростниковый
- Swedish
- svartkavle
- Ukrainian
- Китник очеретяний
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Parent Taxon
Sibling Taxa
- Alopecurus aequalis
- Alopecurus albovii
- Alopecurus apiatus
- Alopecurus arundinaceus
- Alopecurus brachystachyus
- Alopecurus bulbosus
- Alopecurus carolinianus
- Alopecurus creticus
- Alopecurus dasyanthus
- Alopecurus geniculatus
- Alopecurus gerardii
- Alopecurus glacialis
- Alopecurus himalaicus
- Alopecurus japonicus
- Alopecurus magellanicus
- Alopecurus myosuroides
- Alopecurus ponticus
- Alopecurus pratensis
- Alopecurus rendlei
- Alopecurus saccatus
- Alopecurus setarioides
- Alopecurus textilis
- Alopecurus turczaninovii
- Alopecurus utriculatus
- Alopecurus vaginatus