Foxtails occur in northern temperate regions. They can be annual or perennial. They grow in tufts. They have flat leaves and blunt ligules (a small flap at the junction of leaf and stem). Their inflorescence is a dense panicle (a branching head without terminal flower) with 1-flowered spikelets. A few, particularly A. myosuroides, are considered weeds, others are very decorative and are used in bouquets of dried flowers.
Contents 1 Species 2 See also 3 References 4 External linksSpecies Alopecurus aequalis – 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 arundinaceus – Reed foxtail, creeping foxtail, creeping meadow foxtail Alopecurus bonariensis Alopecurus brachystachus Alopecurus bulbosus – Bulbous foxtail Alopecurus carolinianus – Carolina foxtail, tufted meadow foxtail Alopecurus creticus – Cretan meadow foxtail Alopecurus dasyanthus Alopecurus geniculatus – Bent foxtail, marsh meadow foxtail Alopecurus geniculatus geniculatus – Water foxtail Alopecurus geniculatus microstachys – Water foxtail Alopecurus geniculatus patagonicus meadow foxtail (Alopecurus pratensis) from Thomé, Flora von Deutschland, Österreich und der Schweiz 1885 Alopecurus heliochloides Alopecurus japonicus – Japanese foxtail Alopecurus lanatus Alopecurus magellanicus Alopecurus magellanicus bracteatus Alopecurus magellanicus magellanicus Alopecurus myosuroides – Slender meadow foxtail, black grass, twitch grass, black twitch Alopecurus pratensis – meadow foxtail Alopecurus rendlei – Rendle's meadow foxtail Alopecurus saccatus – Pacific foxtail Alopecurus setarioides Alopecurus utriculatus Alopecurus vaginatus See also List of Poaceae genera