Alopecurus arundinaceus

{{Short description|Species of grass}}

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| image = Alopecurus arundinaceus.jpg

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| status = LC

| status_system = IUCN3.1

| status_ref = {{Cite journal | author = Akhani, H. | title = Alopecurus arundinaceus | journal = The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species | volume = 2014 | page = e.T163969A42315869 | publisher = IUCN | date = 2014 | url = http://www.iucnredlist.org/details/163969/0 | doi = 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2014-1.RLTS.T163969A42315869.en | access-date = 5 January 2018| doi-access = free }}

| genus = Alopecurus

| species = arundinaceus

| authority = Poir.

| synonyms_ref = [https://plants.usda.gov/java/profile?symbol=ALAR PLANTS Profile for Alopecurus arundinaceus] Retrieved 2010-03-24[http://biology.burke.washington.edu/herbarium/imagecollection.php?Genus=Alopecurus&Species=arundinaceus Burke Museum of Natural History and Culture] Retrieved 2010-03-24.

| synonyms =

• Alopecurus pratensis subsp. brachystachys Bratt & Trab
• Alopecurus ventricosus Pers. non (Gouan) Huds.
• Gastridium ventricosum (Gouan) Schinz & Thell.

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Alopecurus arundinaceus, the creeping meadow foxtail or creeping foxtail,{{GRIN | accessdate=2010-03-24}} is a rhizomatous perennial species in the Grass family (Poaceae). Native to Eurasia and northern Africa, and widely introduced elsewhere, this sod forming grass is useful as a forage and for erosion control.[https://plants.usda.gov/plantguide/pdf/pg_alar.pdf USDA NCRS Plant Guide: Alopecurus arundinaceus] Retrieved 2010-03-24. It flowers between April and July, depending on its location. It grows in damp or saline grasslands and banks of waterways, and on mountains up to 1,200 m. However, according to the United States Bureau of Plant, Alopecurus arundinaceus was found at elevations up to 8500–9500 feet.{{cite book|author=United States. Bureau of Plant Industry, Soils, and Agricultural Engineering|title=

Inventory of Seeds and Plants Imported|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=JzJJAAAAMAAJ&dq=%22Alopecurus+arundinaceus%22%2B%22elevation%22&pg=RA4-PA271|year=1957|publisher=U.S. Government Printing Office|page=271}}