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Pacific foxtail

Alopecurus saccatus

Also called Pacific Meadow Foxtail

Pacific foxtail
Photo: Chloe and Trevor Van Loon, CC BY 4.0
Family
Poaceae (Grass family)
Grows as
Grass
Native range
W. U.S.A. to NW. Mexico
Climate
temperate

About

Alopecurus saccatus is a species of grass known by the common name Pacific foxtail, or Pacific meadow foxtail.

It is native the west coast of the United States from Washington to California, where it grows in moist areas at low elevations.

Other Alopecurus plants

Foxtail · Shortawn foxtail · Creeping meadow foxtail · Bulbous foxtail · Carolina foxtail · Cretan meadow foxtail · Water foxtail · Slender meadow foxtail · Meadow foxtail · Alopecurus setarioides · Foxtail

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Alopecurus saccatus by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.

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.

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