Plants : PoaceaeFerns and Flowering Plants

Alopecurus pratensis L.

Meadow Foxtail

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Alopecurus pratensis

Description: A very common and abundant grass of meadows and pastures, erect-growing to about three feet in height. The flowers and spikelets are tightly packed into a cylindrical unbranched spike at the top of the shoots.

All names: Alopecurus pratensis L.

Distribution Map from NBN: Alopecurus pratensis at National Biodiversity Network mapping facility, data for UK.

iNaturalist: Alopecurus pratensis at iNaturalist World Species Observations database.

 Hackney, P., 2026. Alopecurus pratensis. L.. [In] Flora of Northern Ireland.
https://habitas.org/flora/species.php?item=2656. Accessed on 2026-11-02.