PLANTS Profile for Vulpia myuros (annual fescue)

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Vulpia myuros (L.) C.C. Gmel.
annual fescue

Symbol:

VUMY

Group:

Monocot

Family:

Poaceae

Duration:

Annual

Growth Habit:

Graminoid

Native Status:

L48		I
AK		I
HI		I
CAN		I


Other common names:
	rat-tail fescue

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Line Drawing of Vulpia myuros (L.) C.C. Gmel.

Festuca megalura

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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Vulpia myuros (L.) C.C. Gmel.

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Synonyms:
Vulpia myuros (L.) C.C. Gmel.

FEME	Festuca megalura Nutt.	annual fescue
FEMEH	Festuca megalura Nutt. var. hirsuta (Hack.) Asch. & Graebn.
FEMY2	Festuca myuros L.
VUME	Vulpia megalura (Nutt.) Rydb.
VUMYH	Vulpia myuros (L.) C.C. Gmel. var. hirsuta Hack.
VUMYM2	Vulpia myuros (L.) C.C. Gmel. var. myuros

Distribution:
Vulpia myuros (L.) C.C. Gmel.


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See U.S. county distributions (when available) by clicking on the map or the linked states below:
USA (AK, AL, AR, AZ, CA, CT, DC, DE, FL, GA, HI, IA, ID, IL, IN, KS, KY, LA, MA, MD, ME, MI, MO, MS, MT, NC, NH, NJ, NM, NV, NY, OH, OK, OR, PA, RI, SC, TN, TX, UT, VA, WA, WI, WV), CAN (BC, ON, YT)

Related Taxa:
Vulpia myuros (L.) C.C. Gmel.

View 341 genera in Poaceae, 11 species in Vulpia

Classification:
Vulpia myuros (L.) C.C. Gmel.

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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	Vulpia C.C. Gmel. – fescue
Species	Vulpia myuros (L.) C.C. Gmel. – annual fescue

U.S. Weed Information:
Vulpia myuros (L.) C.C. Gmel.

rat-tailed fescue

This plant can be weedy or invasive according to the authoritative sources noted below. This plant may be known by one or more common names in different places, and some are listed above. Click on an acronym to view each weed list, or click here for a composite list of Weeds of the U.S.

WSWS

Whitson, T.D. (ed.) et al. 1996. Weeds of the West. Western Society of Weed Science in cooperation with Cooperative Extension Services, University of Wyoming. Laramie, Wyoming.

Introduced Information:
Vulpia myuros (L.) C.C. Gmel.

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.

Vulpia myuros (L.) C.C. Gmel.

Nat. Ind.

Reg. 1

Reg. 2

Reg. 3

Reg. 4

Reg. 5

Reg. 6

Reg. 7

Reg. 8

Reg. 9

Reg. 0

Reg. A

Reg. C

Reg. H

UPL,FACW

UPL

FACU

FAC

FACW

FACW-

FAC

FACU*

UPL

Interpreting Wetland Indicator Status

More Accounts and Images:
Vulpia myuros (L.) C.C. Gmel.

View photographs from CalPhotos.

View species account from USDA Forest Service Fire Effects Information System (FEIS).

View species account and distribution from USF Atlas of Florida Vascular Plants.

View species account and distribution map from the Grass Manual on the Web.

View species account from ARS Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN).

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 42263.

View species account and distribution map from Jepson Interchange (University of California - Berkeley).

View 1 propagation protocol from Native Plants Network.

View photographs and distribution from University of Tennessee Herbarium.

View photographs and distribution from University of Washington Burke Museum.

View species account and photographs from University of Wisconsin - Stevens Point Freckmann Herbarium.

Related Web Sites:
Vulpia myuros (L.) C.C. Gmel.

Atlas of Florida Vascular Plants: distribution map

CA-Flora of Cal Poly Pomona

Cover crops database at the UC Davis Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education Program (SAREP)

IA-Grasses of Iowa

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