Family: Poaceae
short-awned foxtail
[Alopecurus aequalis var. aequalis Sobol., more...]
Kitty Kohout
Etymology: Alopecurus: Greek alopex for "fox" and oura for "tail"
Plants: annual/perennial grass
Conservation Status: Native
Plants: annual/perennial grass
Conservation Status: Native
Along streams, shores of lakes and ponds, marshes, beach swales, mudflats, sloughs, wet prairies, sedge meadows, wet fields, ditches, rarely in hardwood swamps; also in wet disturbed areas such as in quarries and gravel pits and along railroads. This is our only native species in the genus, with most records from the northwest and south.
Flora of North America: Flora of North America Floristic Rating: Coefficient of Conservatism = 4, Wetland Indicator = OBL USDA Plants Database: Federal Distribution and detailed information including photos Grasses of Iowa: Detailed photographs, descriptions, maps Canada Agriculture and Agri-Food
Alberta Government: "The identification of certain native and naturalized grasses by their vegetative characters", S.E. Clarke, J.A. Campbell and W. Shevkenek. 1950.
(Publication no. 762 ; Technical bulletin no. 50). Drawings, descriptions.
Alberta Government: "The identification of certain native and naturalized grasses by their vegetative characters", S.E. Clarke, J.A. Campbell and W. Shevkenek. 1950.
(Publication no. 762 ; Technical bulletin no. 50). Drawings, descriptions.
