| Plants : Poaceae | Ferns and Flowering Plants |
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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. |