{"id":7099,"date":"2013-03-27T12:31:30","date_gmt":"2013-03-27T16:31:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/blueberries\/?page_id=7099"},"modified":"2024-02-07T11:38:42","modified_gmt":"2024-02-07T16:38:42","slug":"meadow-foxtail","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/blueberries\/weed-images\/grasses-sedges-rushes\/meadow-foxtail\/","title":{"rendered":"Meadow foxtail"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Prepared by Jennifer L. D&#8217;Appollonio, Assistant Scientist, University of Maine, Orono, ME 04469. Updated February 2018.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Scientific name:<\/strong> <em>Alopecurus pratensis <\/em>L.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Common name(s):<\/strong> meadow foxtail, field meadow foxtail, common foxtail<\/p>\n<p><strong>Links:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/plants.usda.gov\/home\/plantProfile?symbol=ALPR3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">USDA PLANTS Profile<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/gobotany.nativeplanttrust.org\/species\/alopecurus\/pratensis\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Go Botany<\/a><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Images:<\/strong> (to see enlargements [PC]: click on image, then right click and choose &#8220;view image&#8221;)<\/em><\/p>\n\n\t\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 {\n\t\t\t\tmargin: auto;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-item {\n\t\t\t\tfloat: left;\n\t\t\t\tmargin-top: 10px;\n\t\t\t\ttext-align: center;\n\t\t\t\twidth: 25%;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 img {\n\t\t\t\tborder: 2px solid #cfcfcf;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 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width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/blueberries\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/41\/2013\/04\/Alopecurus-pratensis-005-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Alopecurus pratensis stem\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-7925\" srcset=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/blueberries\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/41\/2013\/04\/Alopecurus-pratensis-005-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/blueberries\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/41\/2013\/04\/Alopecurus-pratensis-005-32x32.jpg 32w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-7925'>\n\t\t\t\tstem detail\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/blueberries\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/41\/2013\/04\/Alopecurus-pratensis-007.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" 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long<\/li>\n<li>flattened<\/li>\n<li>narrowly oblong-elliptic<\/li>\n<li>has a single floret<\/li>\n<li>light to medium green at flowering time<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>-At the base of a spikelet is a pair of bracts (glumes)<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; in ME or MA, may be confused with <em>A. myosuroides<\/em> in moist areas; see left sidebar on <a href=\"https:\/\/gobotany.nativeplanttrust.org\/species\/alopecurus\/pratensis\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Go Botany<\/a> webpage<\/p>\n<p><strong>Habitat:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>-disturbed sites<\/p>\n<p>-meadows<\/p>\n<p>-fields<\/p>\n<p><strong>Natural History:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>-native to Eurasia and North Africa<\/p>\n<p>-introduced as a pasture grass<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Sources:<\/p>\n<p>Go Botany. \u201cAlopecurus Pratensis L.\u201d <i>Alopecurus Pratensis (Field Meadow-Foxtail): Go Botany<\/i>, National Science Foundation , 2021, gobotany.nativeplanttrust.org\/species\/alopecurus\/pratensis\/.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAlopecurus Pratensis (Meadow Foxtail).\u201d <i>Minnesota Wildflowers<\/i>, Minnesota Environment and Natural Resources Trust Fund, 2021, www.minnesotawildflowers.info\/grass-sedge-rush\/meadow-foxtail.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Acknowledgement(s):<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Eric T. Doucette, Ph.D. &#8211; Assistant Professor of Biology, MA College of Liberal Arts, North Adams, MA (<em>updated Feb 2018<\/em>)<strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Prepared by Jennifer L. D&#8217;Appollonio, Assistant Scientist, University of Maine, Orono, ME 04469. Updated February 2018. Scientific name: Alopecurus pratensis L. 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