Alopecurus myosuroides

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Species Distribution Map
Family:POACEAE
Species:Alopecurus myosuroides Huds.
Common Name:Slender Meadow Foxtail; Mouse Foxtail; Slender Foxtail Grass
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Growth Habit:Herb
Duration:Annual
Category:Vascular
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Plant Notes:Slender Meadow Foxtail is an introduced herbaceous annual in the Grass family (Poaceae). It is native to Eurasia. In Alabama it has been found in the Black Belt region of Central Alabama. It is found in pastures, in fallow fields, on roadsides, and along streams. It grows on moist to wet clay soils. It is an annual cool season bunch grass with a fibrous root system. The stems are 1-3 feet in height. The stems are often geniculate at the base. The leaves are linear to lanceolate in outline, glabrous, with entire margins. The leaf sheath is smooth and the ligule is membranous. Flowers are produced in a cylindrical spike-like panicle. The glumes have 3 nerves and the lemmas are equal to the glumes in length with 4-5 nerves. The fruit is a grain with a short geniculate awn. Slender Meadow Foxtail is a major pest of cereal crops in Europe. Slender Meadow Foxtail is similar to the native Carolina Foxtail (Alopecurus carolinianus Walter), but is a larger plant. The two species often grow in the same habitat.--A. Diamond
Taxonomic Notes:**
Status:Not Native
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Specimen: View specimen details in the Alabama Herbarium Consortium Specimen Database

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Classification

FamilyPOACEAE - Grass family
Genus Alopecurus
Species Alopecurus myosuroides Huds. - Slender Meadow Foxtail; Mouse Foxtail; Slender Foxtail Grass

Citation

Citation Alopecurus myosuroides Hudson, Fl. Angl. 23. 1762.
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Synonyms

No synonyms exist for this species.

Specimens and Distribution

This species has been reported in the following counties by the herbaria listed. An overview of the individual specimens are provided in the table that follows. Click on the accession number to view details; click on column headers to sort; choose a county or herbaria to filter the specimen data.

Counties included on distribution map: Bullock, Hale, Lowndes, Marengo, Montgomery, Sumter

Counties represented by specimen data listed below:

Herbaria represented by specimen data listed below: ALNHS, SAMF, TROY, UNA, UWAL

Range of years during which specimens were collected: 1966 - 1966

Barcode / Accession No. County Coll. Date Collector &
Collection No.		 Herbarium &
Herbarium Name Used		 Image
UWAL0010910 Montgomery 12 Apr 2012 Diamond, Alvin R.
22921		 UWAL
Alopecurus myosuroides Hudson
UWAL0033225 Montgomery 10 Apr 2016 Diamond, Alvin R.
27304		 UWAL
Alopecurus myosuroides Hudson
SAMF0001255 Marengo 01 May 2010 Keener, Brian R.
5940		 SAMF
Alopecurus myosuroides Hudson
UNA00061172 Sumter 27 Apr 2003 Spaulding, Daniel D.
11802		 UNA
Alopecurus myosuroides Huds.
UNA00003234 Hale 09 May 1966 Maginness, Sherrie E.
237		 UNA
Alopecurus myosuroides Huds.
UWAL0039772 Lowndes 29 Apr 2018 Diamond, Alvin R.
28230		 UWAL
Alopecurus myosuroides Hudson
TROY000046378 Lowndes 29 Apr 2018 Diamond, Alvin R.
28230		 TROY
Alopecurus myosuroides Hudson
UWAL0002928 Marengo 01 May 2010 Keener, Brian R.
5940		 UWAL
Alopecurus myosuroides Huds.
TROY000034146 Marengo 01 May 2010 Keener, Brian R.
5940		 TROY
Alopecurus myosuroides Hudson
TROY000034611 Montgomery 27 Apr 2009 Diamond, Alvin R.
20628		 TROY
Alopecurus myosuroides Hudson
TROY000042235 Hale 09 Apr 1983 Kral, Robert
69843		 TROY
Alopecurus myosuroides Hudson
UWAL0039629 Bullock 05 Apr 2018 Diamond, Alvin R.
28154		 UWAL
Alopecurus myosuroides Hudson
TROY000046372 Bullock 05 Apr 2018 Diamond, Alvin R.
28154		 TROY
Alopecurus myosuroides Hudson
TROY000038709 Marengo 26 Mar 2009 England, J. Kevin
1720		 TROY
Alopecurus myosuroides Hudson
UWAL0006305 Hale 09 Apr 1983 Kral, Robert
69843		 UWAL
Alopecurus myosuroides Huds.
ALNHS00006372 Montgomery 21 May 2019 Barger, T. Wayne
SP#4404		 ALNHS
Alopecurus myosuroides Huds.
UWAL0010341 Marengo 26 Mar 2009 England, J. Kevin
1720		 UWAL
Alopecurus myosuroides Hudson
TROY000034725 Montgomery 12 Apr 2012 Diamond, Alvin R.
22921		 TROY
Alopecurus myosuroides Hudson
ALNHS00005323 Bullock 16 Apr 2017 Soehren, Eric S.
215		 ALNHS
Alopecurus myosuroides Hudson
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