PLANTS Profile for Alopecurus geniculatus var. geniculatus (water foxtail)

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PLANTS Profile

Alopecurus geniculatus L. var. geniculatus
water foxtail

Symbol:

ALGEG4

Group:

Monocot

Family:

Poaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Graminoid

Native Status:

L48		I
AK		I
CAN		I
GL		I
SPM		I

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Line Drawing of Alopecurus geniculatus L. var. geniculatus

Alopecurus pallescens

Hitchcock, A.S. (rev. A. Chase). 1950. Manual of the grasses of the United States. USDA Miscellaneous Publication No. 200. Washington, DC. 1950. Usage Requirements.

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Alopecurus geniculatus L. var. geniculatus

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Synonyms:
Alopecurus geniculatus L. var. geniculatus

ALPA9

Alopecurus pallescens Piper

Distribution:
Alopecurus geniculatus L. var. geniculatus


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USA (AK, AZ, CA, CO, CT, DC, IA, ID, IL, MA, MD, ME, MI, MN, MT, ND, NH, NJ, NM, NV, NY, OH, OK, OR, PA, RI, SD, TX, UT, VA, VT, WA, WI, WV, WY), CAN (AB, BC, LB, NB, NF, NS, ON, PE, QC, SK, YT), DEN (GL), FRA (SPM)

Related Taxa:
Alopecurus geniculatus L. var. geniculatus

View 342 genera in Poaceae, 16 species in Alopecurus, 1 varieties in Alopecurus geniculatus L.

Classification:
Alopecurus geniculatus L. var. geniculatus

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Kingdom	Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision	Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division	Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class	Liliopsida – Monocotyledons
Subclass	Commelinidae
Order	Cyperales
Family	Poaceae – Grass family
Genus	Alopecurus L. – foxtail
Species	Alopecurus geniculatus L. – water foxtail
Variety	Alopecurus geniculatus L. var. geniculatus – water foxtail

Introduced Information:
Alopecurus geniculatus L. var. geniculatus

This plant is introduced to some part of the PLANTS Floristic Area, though it may be native in other parts. Click on link below for a partial or complete list of PFA introduced plants.

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Wetland Indicator Status:

NOTE: On June 1, 2012, the 2012 National Wetland Plant List superseded the information below (see Federal Register, May 9, 2012, 77(90): 27210-27214[https://federalregister.gov/a/2012-11176]). For updated wetland information about this species, see the latest wetland list.

Alopecurus geniculatus L. var. geniculatus

Alopecurus geniculatus:

Nat. Ind.

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Reg. 9

Reg. 0

Reg. A

Reg. C

Reg. H

FACW+,OBL

OBL

Interpreting Wetland Indicator Status

Time Generated: 06/19/2013 02:54 PM CDT