Plants : PoaceaeFerns and Flowering Plants

Alopecurus geniculatus L.

Marsh Foxtail

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Alopecurus geniculatus

Description: A common perennial grass of wet ground and marshes; low-growing, with a horizontal creeping main shoot and the flowering shoots bent at the nodes to bring the flower-spike vertical.

All names: Alopecurus geniculatus L.

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

iNaturalist: Alopecurus geniculatus at iNaturalist World Species Observations database.

 Hackney, P., 2026. Alopecurus geniculatus. L.. [In] Flora of Northern Ireland.
https://habitas.org/flora/species.php?item=2657. Accessed on 2026-11-02.