Alopecurus pratensis
Common name
meadow foxtail
Family
Poaceae
Flora category
Vascular – Exotic
Structural class
Grasses
NVS code
The National Vegetation Survey (NVS) Databank is a physical archive and electronic databank containing records of over 94,000 vegetation survey plots - including data from over 19,000 permanent plots. NVS maintains a standard set of species code abbreviations that correspond to standard scientific plant names from the Ngä Tipu o Aotearoa - New Zealand Plants database.
ALOPRA
Flower colours
Brown, White
Year naturalised
1870
Origin
Eurasia
Etymology
alopecurus: From the Greek alopekouros ‘fox-tail’