Author:
Jan Scholten
Book:
Qjurious
Type:
Info
Chapter:
3-633.26.__
Alopecurus pratensis
English: Meadow foxtail; Field meadow foxtail.
Region: Europe, Asia.
Use: pasture, hay.
Botany: perennial grass, to 1 m high; habitat grasslands, neutral soils, moist, fertile soils; forms dense swards with low botanical diversity; flowers from April until June; stem erect, hard; sheathes smooth, cylindrical; leaves ± 5 mm wide, hairless; inflorescence cylindrical.
Taxonomy: 2 common relatives Alopecurus geniculatus and myosuroides;often confused with Phleum pratense, timothy.
