Common Name:
MEADOW FOXTAIL
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Coefficient of Conservatism:
*
Coefficient of Wetness:
0
Wetness Index:
FAC
Physiognomy:
Ad P-Grass
R. W. Smith
Roadsides, fields, ditches, disturbed, open edges of lakes, streams, and wetlands. First collected in 1894 in Ingham Co.
A Eurasian species, locally naturalized in North America. Often mistaken at a glance for Phleum pratense; Alopecurus blooms in early to mid-May, fruiting through June, while Phleum does not fully exsert its panicles until mid-June and fruits through July and August.