Alopecurus arundinaceus
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Alopecurus arundinaceus (Creeping meadow foxtail, Creeping foxtail) is a rhizomatous perennial species in the Grass family (Poaceae
). Native to Eurasia and widely introduced elsewhere, this sod forming grass is useful as a forage
and for erosion control.
Poaceae
The Poaceae is a large and nearly ubiquitous family of flowering plants. Members of this family are commonly called grasses, although the term "grass" is also applied to plants that are not in the Poaceae lineage, including the rushes and sedges...
). Native to Eurasia and widely introduced elsewhere, this sod forming grass is useful as a forage
Forage
Forage is plant material eaten by grazing livestock.Historically the term forage has meant only plants eaten by the animals directly as pasture, crop residue, or immature cereal crops, but it is also used more loosely to include similar plants cut for fodder and carried to the animals, especially...
and for erosion control.