Alopecurus aequalis
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| Alopecurus aequalis | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Monocots |
| (unranked): | Commelinids |
| Order: | Poales |
| Family: | Poaceae |
| Subfamily: | Pooideae |
| Genus: | Alopecurus |
| Species: | A. aequalis |
| Binomial name | |
| Alopecurus aequalis Sobol. |
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Alopecurus aequalis is a common species of grass known by the common name shortawn foxtail.
It is native to much of the temperate Northern Hemisphere from Eurasia to North America, where it can be found in many types of habitat.
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[edit] Description
This perennial bunchgrass is variable in appearance. It produces bunches of erect stems between 10 and about 70 centimeters in height. The leaves are short, rarely exceeding 10 centimeters long. The cylindrical inflorescence is a few centimeters long and blooms with white to yellow to bright orange anthers.
[edit] Ecology
One variety of this species, var. sonomensis, is a rare California endemic grass which is federally listed as an endangered species of the United States.[1]
[edit] References
- ^ USFWS. Determination of Endangered Status for Nine Plants From the Grasslands or Mesic Areas of the Central Coast of California. Federal Register October 22, 1997.
[edit] External links
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- Alopecurus
- Bunchgrasses of North America
- Grasses of the United States
- Grasses of Canada
- Native grasses of California
- Flora of North America
- Flora of Western Canada
- Flora of Eastern Canada
- Flora of the Western United States
- Flora of the Eastern United States
- Flora of the Sierra Nevada region (U.S.)
- Flora of California chaparral and woodlands
- Flora of the Rocky Mountains
- Flora of Europe
- Flora of the Alps
- Flora of Asia
- Pooideae stubs
