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Foxtail grasses
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Foxtail grasses

Alopecurus

Alopecurus, or foxtail grass, ('alopex' = fox, 'urus' = tail) 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.

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31 branches of this genus, most-observed first

Meadow Foxtail

speciesAlopecurus pratensis

short-awn foxtail

speciesAlopecurus aequalis

Marsh foxtail

speciesAlopecurus geniculatus

Black-grass

speciesAlopecurus myosuroides

Creeping Foxtail

speciesAlopecurus arundinaceus

Alpine Foxtail

speciesAlopecurus magellanicus

Tufted Foxtail

speciesAlopecurus carolinianus

Alopecurus vaginatus

speciesAlopecurus vaginatus

Pacific foxtail

speciesAlopecurus saccatus

Alopecurus rendlei

speciesAlopecurus rendlei

Alopecurus gerardi

speciesAlopecurus gerardi

Alopecurus ponticus

speciesAlopecurus ponticus

Alopecurus utriculatus

speciesAlopecurus utriculatus

Bulbous Foxtail

speciesAlopecurus bulbosus

Alopecurus brachystachyus

speciesAlopecurus brachystachyus

Alopecurus japonicus

speciesAlopecurus japonicus

Alopecurus glacialis

speciesAlopecurus glacialis

Alopecurus textilis

speciesAlopecurus textilis

Alopecurus dasyanthus

speciesAlopecurus dasyanthus

Alopecurus turczaninovii

speciesAlopecurus turczaninovii

Alopecurus himalaicus

speciesAlopecurus himalaicus

Alopecurus laguroides

speciesAlopecurus laguroides

Alopecurus tzvelevii

speciesAlopecurus tzvelevii

Alopecurus × plettkei

hybridAlopecurus × plettkei

Alopecurus albovii

speciesAlopecurus albovii

Alopecurus apiatus

speciesAlopecurus apiatus

Alopecurus × haussknechtianus

hybridAlopecurus × haussknechtianus

Alopecurus × brachystylus

hybridAlopecurus × brachystylus

Alopecurus baptarrhenius

speciesAlopecurus baptarrhenius

Alopecurus creticus

speciesAlopecurus creticus

Alopecurus setarioides

speciesAlopecurus setarioides

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In the old herbals & bestiaries

Foxtail grasses in Stirpium adversaria nova

Stirpium adversaria nova

Matthias de Lobel · 1571 · p.37

Foxtail grasses in A New Herbal, or History of Plants

A New Herbal, or History of Plants

Rembert Dodoens (trans. Henry Lyte) · 1578 · p.567

Foxtail grasses in Herbarium Portatile, Oder Behendes Kräuter- und Gewächs-Buch: Darinn nicht allein 1363. so wol Einheimische als Außländndische Kräuter mit Lateinisch und Deutscher Benennung abgebildet, sondern auch die meisten, so in der Medicin gebräuchlich, kürtzlich erkläret werden

Herbarium Portatile, Oder Behendes Kräuter- und Gewächs-Buch: Darinn nicht allein 1363. so wol Einheimische als Außländndische Kräuter mit Lateinisch und Deutscher Benennung abgebildet, sondern auch die meisten, so in der Medicin gebräuchlich, kürtzlich erkläret werden

Panckow, Thomas · 1656 · p.97

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 58365.