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Alopecurus myosuroides
Also called Black-grass, Slender Foxtail, Black Twitch, Blackgrass, Annual Foxtail, Large Foxtail, Mouse Foxtail
Slender meadow foxtail (black-grass) is a weedy annual grass of the Poaceae family, native to Eurasia, that grows in moist meadows, cultivated fields and waste land. It is a notorious weed of winter cereal crops, so the key to growing it is that it thrives in open, disturbed ground rather than in gardens.
Alopecurus myosuroides is an annual grass, native to Eurasia, found in moist meadows, deciduous forests, and on cultivated and waste land. It is also known as slender meadow foxtail, black-grass, twitch grass, and black twitch.
Shortawn foxtail · Creeping meadow foxtail · Carolina foxtail · Water foxtail · Meadow foxtail · Foxtail
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Alopecurus myosuroides by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.
The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
