Foxtail

The foxtails are a kind of Plante S herbaceous of the family of the Poaceae (Graminée S) which includes/understands a score of Espèce S of the moderate and cold areas. Several of them are cultivated like fodder plants. Some are of Adventice S of the fields of Céréale S with straw.

Alopecurus is a Greek word of origin that meaning “tail of fox” (reference to the shape of ear). The French word “foxtail” with the same significance (of the Latin vulpes , the fox).

Principal species

Alopecurus aequalis Sobol.
Alopecurus antarcticus Vahl
Alopecurus anthoxanthoides Wood.
Alopecurus arundinaceus Poir.
Alopecurus borealis Trin.
Alopecurus brachystachyus Mr. Bieb.
Alopecurus bulbosus Gouan, the bulbous Foxtail
Alopecurus carolinianus Walter
Alopecurus dasyanthus Trautv.
Alopecurus geniculatus L.
Alopecurus lanatus Sm.
Alopecurus longearistatus Maxim.
Alopecurus magellanicus Lam.
Alopecurus myosuroides Huds., the Foxtail of the fields
Alopecurus ponticus K. Koch
Alopecurus pratensis L.
Alopecurus rendlei Eig
Alopecurus saccatus Vasey
Alopecurus seravschanicus Ovcz.
Alopecurus textilis Wood.
Alopecurus utriculatus Banks & Ground., the Foxtail with bladders
Alopecurus vaginatus (Willd.) Stake. ex Kunth

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