Taxon:  Alopecurus pratensis L.



Summary
Genus:
Alopecurus
Family:
Poaceae (alt. Gramineae)
Subfamily:
Pooideae
Tribe:
Poeae
Subtribe:
Alopecurinae
Nomen number:
2651
Place of publication:
Sp. pl. 1:60.  1753
Verified:
05/06/1992 ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
27 (25  active, 23  available) in National Plant Germplasm System.  (Map it)
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
No images


Reference(s)
  1. University of Georgia Center for Invasive Species and Ecosystem Health
  2. Afonin, A. N., S. L. Greene, N. I. Dzyubenko, & A. N. Frolov, eds. Interactive agricultural ecological atlas of Russia and neighboring countries. Economic plants and their diseases, pests and weeds (on-line resource).
  3. Aldén, B., S. Ryman, & M. Hjertson. 2012. Svensk Kulturväxtdatabas, SKUD (Swedish Cultivated and Utility Plants Database; online resource)
  4. APHIS. Agricultural Risk Management System United States Department of Agriculture.
  5. Chinese Academy of Sciences. 1959-. Flora reipublicae popularis sinicae.
  6. Darbyshire, S. J. 2003. Inventory of Canadian Agricultural Weeds Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada. 37.
  7. Davis, P. H., ed. 1965-1988. Flora of Turkey and the east Aegean islands.
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  9. Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). 2010. Ecocrop (on-line resource).
  10. Hanelt, P., ed. 2001. Mansfeld's encyclopedia of agricultural and horticultural crops. Volumes 1-6
  11. Instituto de Botánica Darwinion. 2008. Flora del Conosur. Catálogo de las plantas vasculares.
  12. Integrated Botanical Information System (IBIS). Australian plant common name database (on-line resource).
  13. International Seed Testing Association. 1982. A Multilingual Glossary of Common Plant-Names 1. Field crops, grasses and vegetables, ed. 2.
  14. Lazarides, M. & B. Hince. 1993. CSIRO Handbook of Economic Plants of Australia
  15. Markle, G. M. et al., eds. 1998. Food and feed crops of the United States, ed. 2
  16. Office of the Union. 2009. UPOV: International Union for the Protection of New Varieties of Plants. List of the taxa protected by the members of the Union
  17. Ohwi, J. 1965. Flora of Japan (Engl. ed.).
  18. Porcher, M. H. et al. Searchable World Wide Web Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database (MMPND) (on-line resource).
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  20. Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
  21. Skvortsov, A. K., ed. 2006. Flora of the Lower Volga region 1:155.
  22. Soreng, R. J. et al. 2003. Catalogue of New World grasses (Poaceae): IV. Subfamily Pooideae. Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 48:105.
  23. Still, S. M. 1994. Manual of herbaceous ornamental plants, ed. 4
  24. Tutin, T. G. et al., eds. 1980. Flora europaea. 5:241. Note: with two subspecies
  25. Tzvelev, N. N. 1976. Zlaki SSSR
  26. Ugarte, E. et al. 2011. Vascular alien flora, Chile. Check List 7:365-382.
  27. Welsh, S. L. et al. 1993. A Utah flora.
  28. Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994-. Flora of China (English edition).
Common names
LANGUAGENAMEALTERNATE NAMENOTESEQCITATION
English golden foxtail grass 1 Still, S. M. 1994. Manual of herbaceous ornamental plants, ed. 4
English meadow foxtail 1 Wiersema, J. H. & B. León. 1999. World economic plants: a standard reference CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL.
English perennial foxtail 1 Integrated Botanical Information System (IBIS). Australian plant common name database (on-line resource).
English yellow foxtail grass 1 Still, S. M. 1994. Manual of herbaceous ornamental plants, ed. 4
English (Canada) meadow foxtail Agriculture & Agri-Food Canada official name 2 Darbyshire, S. J. 2003. Inventory of Canadian Agricultural Weeds Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada. 37.
French vulpin des prés 2 Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
French (Canada) vulpin des prés Agriculture & Agroalimentaire Canada nom officiel 2 Darbyshire, S. J. 2003. Inventory of Canadian Agricultural Weeds Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada. 37.
German Wiesenfuchsschwanz 2 Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Chinese da kan mai niang 大看麦娘 2 Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994-. Flora of China (English edition).
Italian coda di volpe 2 International Seed Testing Association. 1982. A Multilingual Glossary of Common Plant-Names 1. Field crops, grasses and vegetables, ed. 2.
Japanese Rōmaji ō-suzume-no-teppō 2 Ohwi, J. 1965. Flora of Japan (Engl. ed.).
Portuguese rabo-de-raposa 2 Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Spanish alopecuro 2 Office of the Union. 2009. UPOV: International Union for the Protection of New Varieties of Plants. List of the taxa protected by the members of the Union
Spanish cola de zorra 2 Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Spanish rabo de zorra 2 Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Spanish vulpino 2 Office of the Union. 2009. UPOV: International Union for the Protection of New Varieties of Plants. List of the taxa protected by the members of the Union
Swedish ängskavle 2 Aldén, B., S. Ryman, & M. Hjertson. 2012. Svensk Kulturväxtdatabas, SKUD (Swedish Cultivated and Utility Plants Database; online resource)
Transliterated Russian lisohvost lugovoj 2 Hanelt, P., ed. 2001. Mansfeld's encyclopedia of agricultural and horticultural crops. Volumes 1-6
Distribution
order_codeStatusContinentSubcontinentCountryStateNote
1Native  Romania  
1NativeAsia-TemperateCaucasusGeorgia  
1NativeAsia-TemperateCaucasusRussian Federation-CiscaucasiaCiscaucasia 
1NativeAsia-TemperateChinaChina n.e. & n.w.
1NativeAsia-TemperateMiddle AsiaKazakhstan  
1NativeAsia-TemperateMiddle AsiaKyrgyzstan  
1NativeAsia-TemperateMiddle AsiaTajikistan  
1NativeAsia-TemperateMiddle AsiaUzbekistan  
1NativeAsia-TemperateMongoliaMongolia  
1NativeAsia-TemperateRussian Far EastRussian Federation-Far EastFar Easts.
1NativeAsia-TemperateSiberiaRussian Federation-Eastern SiberiaEastern Siberiaw.
1NativeAsia-TemperateSiberiaRussian Federation-Western SiberiaWestern Siberia 
1NativeAsia-TemperateWestern AsiaAfghanistan e.
1NativeAsia-TemperateWestern AsiaIran n.
1NativeAsia-TemperateWestern AsiaTurkey n.w.
1NativeEuropeEastern EuropeBelarus  
1NativeEuropeEastern EuropeEstonia  
1NativeEuropeEastern EuropeLatvia  
1NativeEuropeEastern EuropeLithuania  
1NativeEuropeEastern EuropeMoldova  
1NativeEuropeEastern EuropeRussian FederationAstrakhan 
1NativeEuropeEastern EuropeRussian FederationKalmykia 
1NativeEuropeEastern EuropeRussian FederationSaratov 
1NativeEuropeEastern EuropeRussian FederationVolgograd 
1NativeEuropeEastern EuropeRussian Federation-European partEuropean part 
1NativeEuropeEastern EuropeUkraine incl. Krym
1NativeEuropeMiddle EuropeAustria  
1NativeEuropeMiddle EuropeBelgium  
1NativeEuropeMiddle EuropeCzech Republic  
1NativeEuropeMiddle EuropeGermany  
1NativeEuropeMiddle EuropeHungary  
1NativeEuropeMiddle EuropeNetherlands  
1NativeEuropeMiddle EuropePoland  
1NativeEuropeMiddle EuropeSlovakia  
1NativeEuropeMiddle EuropeSwitzerland  
1NativeEuropeNorthern EuropeDenmark  
1NativeEuropeNorthern EuropeFinland  
1NativeEuropeNorthern EuropeIreland  
1NativeEuropeNorthern EuropeNorway  
1NativeEuropeNorthern EuropeSweden  
1NativeEuropeNorthern EuropeUnited Kingdom  
1NativeEuropeSoutheastern EuropeAlbania  
1NativeEuropeSoutheastern EuropeBulgaria  
1NativeEuropeSoutheastern EuropeCroatia  
1NativeEuropeSoutheastern EuropeGreece  
1NativeEuropeSoutheastern EuropeItaly incl. Sardinia, Sicily
1NativeEuropeSoutheastern EuropeSerbia  
1NativeEuropeSoutheastern EuropeSlovenia  
1NativeEuropeSouthwestern EuropeFrance incl. Corsica
1NativeEuropeSouthwestern EuropeSpain  
2CultivatedEurope Europe  
2CultivatedEuropeNorthern EuropeIceland  
2CultivatedNorthern America Canada s.
2CultivatedNorthern America United States  
4NaturalizedSouthern AmericaSouthern South AmericaArgentina  
4NaturalizedSouthern AmericaSouthern South AmericaChile  
Native

  • REGION:
Asia-Temperate
  • WESTERN ASIA: Afghanistan (e.), Iran (n.), Turkey (n.w.)
  • CAUCASUS: Russian Federation-Ciscaucasia [Ciscaucasia], Georgia
  • SIBERIA: Russian Federation-Western Siberia [Western Siberia], Russian Federation-Eastern Siberia [Eastern Siberia (w.)]
  • MIDDLE ASIA: Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan
  • MONGOLIA: Mongolia
  • RUSSIAN FAR EAST: Russian Federation-Far East [Far East (s.)]
  • CHINA: China (n.e. & n.w.)
Europe
  • NORTHERN EUROPE: Denmark, Finland, United Kingdom, Ireland, Norway, Sweden
  • MIDDLE EUROPE: Austria, Belgium, Czech Republic, Germany, Hungary, Switzerland, Netherlands, Poland, Slovakia
  • EASTERN EUROPE: Russian Federation-European part [European part], Belarus, Estonia, Lithuania, Latvia, Moldova, Russian Federation [Astrakhan, Kalmykia, Saratov, Volgograd], Ukraine (incl. Krym)
  • SOUTHEASTERN EUROPE: Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Croatia, Italy (incl. Sardinia, Sicily), Serbia, Slovenia
  • SOUTHWESTERN EUROPE: Spain, France (incl. Corsica)
Cultivated
Europe
  • NORTHERN EUROPE: Iceland
  • REGION: Europe
Northern America
  • REGION: Canada (s.), United States
Naturalized
Southern America
  • SOUTHERN SOUTH AMERICA: Argentina, Chile
Economic Uses
UsageTypeNoteReference
Animal foodfodder Markle, G. M. et al., eds. 1998. Food and feed crops of the United States, ed. 2
Animal foodforage Markle, G. M. et al., eds. 1998. Food and feed crops of the United States, ed. 2
Environmentalerosion control Welsh, S. L. et al. 1993. A Utah flora.
Environmentalrevegetator Welsh, S. L. et al. 1993. A Utah flora.
Weedpotential seed contaminant Lazarides, M. & B. Hince. 1993. CSIRO Handbook of Economic Plants of Australia
Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2023. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: https://grinczech.vurv.cz/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail.aspx?id=2651. Accessed 7 December 2023.