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Alopecurus aequalis
Sign in to saveAlso known as orange foxtail, short-awn meadow-foxtail, shortawn foxtail, short foxtail
species of plant
Species
Least ConcernSPECIES
- KingdomPlantae
- PhylumTracheophyta
- ClassLiliopsida
- OrderPoales
- FamilyPoaceae
Native toAfghanistan, Alaska, Alberta, Aleutian Is., Algeria, Altay, Amur, Argentina South, Arizona, Austria, Baltic States, Belarus
Observations recorded76,279
via GBIF · IUCN · Kew POWO
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 9,518
- With media
- 7,637
- Family
- Poaceae
- Collections
- UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA MUSEUMS, CAS, NY, CHSC
- Recorded in
- Canada, United States, China
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Encyclopedic overview
Alopecurus aequalis is a common species of grass known as shortawn foxtail or orange foxtail. It is native to much of the temperate Northern Hemisphere from Eurasia to North America. It is most commonly found in areas near fresh water, such as the margins of ponds and ditches.
Description
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Alopecurus aequalis” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.