Alopecurus, or foxtail grass, is a common and widespread genus of plants in the grass family.
It is common across temperate and subtropical parts of Eurasia, northern Africa, and the Americas, as well as naturalized in Australia and on various islands.

Foxtails can be annual or perennial.
They grow in tufts.
They have flat leaves and blunt ligules (a small flap at the junction of leaf and stem).
Their inflorescence is a dense panicle (a branching head without terminal flower) with 1-flowered spikelets.
A few, particularly A. myosuroides, are considered weeds, others are very decorative and are used in bouquets of dried flowers.

Species
Alopecurus aequalis – Orange foxtail, shortawn foxtail – Eurasia, Americas
Alopecurus albovii – Caucasus
Alopecurus anatolicus – eastern Turkey
Alopecurus apiatus – Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Afghanistan, Iraq, Iran
Alopecurus arundinaceus – Reed foxtail, creeping foxtail, creeping meadow foxtail  – Eurasia, North Africa
Alopecurus aucheri – Caucasus, Turkey, Iran
Alopecurus baptarrhenius – Ethiopia
Alopecurus bonariensis – Argentina, Uruguay
Alopecurus borii – Turkmenistan
Alopecurus bornmuelleri – Palestine
Alopecurus brachystachus – Russia, China, Mongolia
Alopecurus bulbosus – Bulbous foxtail – Mediterranean, western Europe
Alopecurus carolinianus – tufted meadow foxtail – US, western Canada
Alopecurus creticus – Greece, Turkey, Balkans
Alopecurus dasyanthus – Caucasus, Iran
Alopecurus davisii – Samos Island in Greece
Alopecurus geniculatus –  Bent foxtail, marsh meadow foxtail – Algeria, Eurasia
Alopecurus gerardii – Mediterranean
Alopecurus glacialis – Caucasus, Turkey, Iran, Afghanistan
Alopecurus × haussknechtianus – central + northwestern Europe
Alopecurus heliochloides – Chile
Alopecurus himalaicus – Himalayas, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Iran, Central Asia, Xinjiang
Alopecurus hitchcockii – Peru, Bolivia, Jujuy
Alopecurus japonicus – China, Japan, Korea
Alopecurus laguroides – Caucasus, Turkey
Alopecurus lanatus – Turkey
Alopecurus longiaristatus – Heilongjiang, Primorye, Khabarovsk
Alopecurus magellanicus – northern Eurasia, North + South America, Falkland Is, South Georgia
Alopecurus × marssonii – Ukraine
Alopecurus mucronatus – Iran, Afghanistan, Tajikistan
Alopecurus myosuroides – Slender meadow foxtail, black grass, twitch grass, black twitch – Eurasia, North Africa
Alopecurus nepalensis – Himalayas, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan
Alopecurus × plettkei – France, Germany, Belgium, Netherlands
Alopecurus ponticus – Caucasus
Alopecurus pratensis – meadow foxtail – Eurasia from Azores to Mongolia
Alopecurus rendlei – central + southern Europe, Algeria, Libya, Turkey
Alopecurus saccatus – Pacific foxtail – United States (WA OR ID CA), Baja California
Alopecurus setarioides – France, Greece, Italy, Balkans, Turkey
Alopecurus textilis – Turkey, Caucasus, Syria, Iraq, Iran, Turkmenistan
Alopecurus turczaninovii – Siberia
Alopecurus × turicensis – France, Switzerland
Alopecurus utriculatus – Greece, Turkey, Iraq, Iran, Cyprus, Syria, Lebanon, Palestine
Alopecurus vaginatus – Crimea, Caucasus, Turkey, Middle East, Iran, Afghanistan
Alopecurus × winklerianus – France, Switzerland, Germany, Poland
formerly included
Numerous species once considered part of Alopecurus but now regarded as better suited to other genera: Agrostis Chaetopogon Cornucopiae Crypsis Koeleria Milium Muhlenbergia Pennisetum Perotis Phleum Polypogon Rostraria Setaria Tribolium
Alopecurus, or foxtail grass, is a common and widespread genus of plants in the grass family. It is common across temperate and subtropical parts of Eurasia, northern Africa, and the Americas, as well as naturalized in Australia and on various islands.
Foxtails can be annual or perennial. They grow in tufts. They have flat leaves and blunt ligules (a small flap at the junction of leaf and stem). Their inflorescence is a dense panicle (a branching head without terminal flower) with 1-flowered spikelets. A few, particularly A. myosuroides, are considered weeds, others are very decorative and are used in bouquets of dried flowers.
Species
Alopecurus aequalis – Orange foxtail, shortawn foxtail – Eurasia, Americas
Alopecurus albovii – Caucasus
Alopecurus anatolicus – eastern Turkey
Alopecurus apiatus – Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Afghanistan, Iraq, Iran
Alopecurus arundinaceus – Reed foxtail, creeping foxtail, creeping meadow foxtail  – Eurasia, North Africa
Alopecurus aucheri – Caucasus, Turkey, Iran
Alopecurus baptarrhenius – Ethiopia
Alopecurus bonariensis – Argentina, Uruguay
Alopecurus borii – Turkmenistan
Alopecurus bornmuelleri – Palestine
Alopecurus brachystachus – Russia, China, Mongolia
Alopecurus bulbosus – Bulbous foxtail – Mediterranean, western Europe
Alopecurus carolinianus – tufted meadow foxtail – US, western Canada
Alopecurus creticus – Greece, Turkey, Balkans
Alopecurus dasyanthus – Caucasus, Iran
Alopecurus davisii – Samos Island in Greece
Alopecurus geniculatus –  Bent foxtail, marsh meadow foxtail – Algeria, Eurasia
Alopecurus gerardii – Mediterranean
Alopecurus glacialis – Caucasus, Turkey, Iran, Afghanistan
Alopecurus × haussknechtianus – central + northwestern Europe
Alopecurus heliochloides – Chile
Alopecurus himalaicus – Himalayas, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Iran, Central Asia, Xinjiang
Alopecurus hitchcockii – Peru, Bolivia, Jujuy
Alopecurus japonicus – China, Japan, Korea
Alopecurus laguroides – Caucasus, Turkey
Alopecurus lanatus – Turkey
Alopecurus longiaristatus – Heilongjiang, Primorye, Khabarovsk
Alopecurus magellanicus – northern Eurasia, North + South America, Falkland Is, South Georgia
Alopecurus × marssonii – Ukraine
Alopecurus mucronatus – Iran, Afghanistan, Tajikistan
Alopecurus myosuroides – Slender meadow foxtail, black grass, twitch grass, black twitch – Eurasia, North Africa
Alopecurus nepalensis – Himalayas, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan
Alopecurus × plettkei – France, Germany, Belgium, Netherlands
Alopecurus ponticus – Caucasus
Alopecurus pratensis – meadow foxtail – Eurasia from Azores to Mongolia
Alopecurus rendlei – central + southern Europe, Algeria, Libya, Turkey
Alopecurus saccatus – Pacific foxtail – United States (WA OR ID CA), Baja California
Alopecurus setarioides – France, Greece, Italy, Balkans, Turkey
Alopecurus textilis – Turkey, Caucasus, Syria, Iraq, Iran, Turkmenistan
Alopecurus turczaninovii – Siberia
Alopecurus × turicensis – France, Switzerland
Alopecurus utriculatus – Greece, Turkey, Iraq, Iran, Cyprus, Syria, Lebanon, Palestine
Alopecurus vaginatus – Crimea, Caucasus, Turkey, Middle East, Iran, Afghanistan
Alopecurus × winklerianus – France, Switzerland, Germany, Poland
formerly included
Numerous species once considered part of Alopecurus but now regarded as better suited to other genera: Agrostis Chaetopogon Cornucopiae Crypsis Koeleria Milium Muhlenbergia Pennisetum Perotis Phleum Polypogon Rostraria Setaria Tribolium
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