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Foxtail Stonewort
Foxtail or fox tail may refer to: Plants * Foxtail (diaspore), the dry spikelet or spikelet cluster of some grasses ** ''Alopecurus'', foxtail grasses - the scientific name literally means "fox tail" ** ''Bromus madritensis'', foxtail brome ** ''Hordeum jubatum'', foxtail barley ** ''Setaria'', foxtail millets * ''Acalypha hispida'', chenille plant or fox tail * ''Asparagus densiflorus'', foxtail fern * ''Lycopodium clavatum'', foxtail clubmoss * ''Wodyetia'', foxtail palm * ''Agave attenuata'', an agave species also known as the Foxtail Other uses * Foxtail Peak Foxtail Peak () is a peak, high, on the north side of Neumayer Glacier, west of Carlita Bay, South Georgia. It was charted by the Swedish Antarctic Expedition, 1901–04, under Otto Nordenskiöld. It was surveyed by the South Georgia Sur ..., Antarctica * Foxtail, a character in the animated series ''OK K.O.! Let's Be Heroes'' {{disambiguation, plants ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Foxtail (diaspore)
A foxtail is a spikelet or cluster of a grass, that serves to disperse its seeds as a unit. Thus, the foxtail is a type of diaspore or plant dispersal unit. Some grasses that produce a foxtail are themselves called "foxtail", also " spear grass". They can become a health hazard for dogs and other domestic animals, and a nuisance for people. Sources The name "foxtail" is applied to a number of grasses that have bushy spikes of spikelets that resemble the tail of a fox. Not all of these are hazardous; most of the hazardous ones are in the genus ''Hordeum'', and are also called "wild barley". Grasses known as foxtails include: * ''Alopecurus'' (foxtail grasses – the scientific name literally means "fox tail") * ''Bromus madritensis'' (foxtail brome) * ''Hordeum jubatum'' (foxtail barley) * ''Setaria'' (foxtail millets) Other grasses also produce hazardous spikelets. The spikelets are sometimes called foxtails, even though the grasses are not. Structure All foxtails have ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alopecurus
''Alopecurus'', or foxtail grass, is a common and widespread genus of plants in the grass family. It is common across temperate and subtropical parts of Eurasia, northern Africa, and the Americas, as well as naturalized in Australia and on various islands. Foxtails can be annual or perennial. They grow in tufts. They have flat leaves and blunt ligules (a small flap at the junction of leaf and stem). Their inflorescence is a dense panicle (a branching head without terminal flower) with 1-flowered spikelets. A few, particularly ''A. myosuroides'', are considered weeds, others are very decorative and are used in bouquets of dried flowers. ; Species * ''Alopecurus aequalis'' – Orange foxtail, shortawn foxtail – Eurasia, Americas * ''Alopecurus albovii'' – Caucasus * ''Alopecurus anatolicus'' – eastern Turkey * ''Alopecurus apiatus'' – Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Afghanistan, Iraq, Iran * '' Alopecurus arundinaceus'' – Reed foxtail, creeping foxtail, creeping meadow foxtail ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bromus Madritensis
''Bromus madritensis'' is a species of brome grass known by the common name compact brome. The specific epithet ''madritensis'' refers to Madrid, Spain. It has a diploid number of 28. There are two subspecies: *''Bromus madritensis'' subsp. ''madritensis'': panicles less dense, stem and leaf sheath less hairy *''Bromus madritensis'' subsp. ''rubens'' ( syn. ''Bromus rubens'') – foxtail brome, foxtail chess, red brome: dense panicles and slightly hairy stems Description ''Bromus madritensis'' is an winter annual grass, growing solitary or tufted, with erect or ascending culms growing high. The leaf sheaths are downy or slightly hairy. The grass lacks auricles and the glabrous ligules are long. Its flat leaf blades are either glabrous or slightly hairy, and measure long and wide. The erect and ellipsoid panicles are long and wide, with short branches that ascend and slightly spread. The branches never droop and bear one or two spikelets each. The spikelets are long, l ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hordeum Jubatum
''Hordeum jubatum'', with common names foxtail barley, bobtail barley, squirreltail barley, and intermediate barley, is a perennial plant species in the grass family Poaceae. It occurs wild mainly in northern North America and adjacent northeastern Siberia. However, as it escaped often from gardens it can be found worldwide in areas with temperate to warm climates, and is considered a weed in many countries. The species is a polyploid and originated via hybridization of an East Asian ''Hordeum'' species with a close but extinct relative of Californian '' H. brachyantherum''. It is grown as an ornamental plant for its attractive inflorescences and when done flowering for its inflorescence. Properties Foxtail barley (''Hordeum jubatum'') propagates by seed. It is known for its ability to tolerate saline soils but is capable of productive growth on soil types ranging from loamy to clayey soils with pH's of 6.4 to 9.5. The upper limit of soil NaCl for productive growth and developme ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Setaria
''Setaria'' is a widespread genus of plants in the grass family. The name is derived from the Latin word ''seta'', meaning "bristle" or "hair", which refers to the bristly spikelets. The genus includes over 100 species distributed in many tropical and temperate regions around the world,Aliscioni, S., et alAn overview of the genus ''Setaria'' (Poaceae: Panicoideae: Paniceae) in the Old World: Systematic revision and phylogenetic approach.Abstract. Botany 2004. Salt Lake City. August 3, 2004. and members are commonly known as foxtail or bristle grasses. Description The grass is topped by a cylindrical long-haired head, which tend to droop when ripe. The seeds are less than in length. Species ; Currently accepted ; Formerly included Numerous species were once considered members of ''Setaria'' but have since been reassigned to the following genera: ''Brachiaria'', '' Dissochondrus'', ''Echinochloa'', ''Holcolemma'', '' Ixophorus'', ''Oplismenus'', ''Panicum'', ''Paspalidium'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Acalypha Hispida
''Acalypha hispida'', the chenille plant, is a flowering shrub which belongs to the family Euphorbiaceae, the subfamily Acalyphinae, and the genus ''Acalypha''. ''Acalypha'' is the fourth largest genus of the family Euphorbiaceae, and contains many plants native to Hawaii and Oceania. Names ''Acalypha hispida'' is also known as Philippine medusa and red hot cat tail in English. It is cultivated as a house plant because of its attractiveness and brilliantly colored, furry flowers. The Latin specific epithet ''hispida'' means “bristly”, referring to the pendent flowers which vaguely resemble brushes. Origins The plant originated in tropical Asia, specifically Malesia and Papuasia, but has become naturalized to multiple countries in North America, including the United States, Mexico, Nicaragua and Belize. In cultivation it is widespread, particularly as a houseplant, and has gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit. Description It can grow to be tall, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Asparagus Densiflorus
''Asparagus densiflorus'', the asparagus fern, plume asparagus or foxtail fern, is a variable evergreen perennial plant, closely related to the vegetable asparagus. It is native to southern Africa, from Mozambique to South Africa, but is widely cultivated. Related species It is part of a group of similar and related African ''Asparagus'' species, including ''Asparagus aethiopicus'' ("Sprenger's asparagus"), ''Asparagus confertus'' and ''Asparagus krebsianus''. ''A. densiflorus'' has been confused with ''A. aethiopicus'', now regarded as a separate species, so that information under the name ''A. densiflorus'' will often refer to ''A. aethiopicus''. The plant formerly known as ''A. densiflorus'' 'Sprengeri' is actually ''A. aethiopicus'', while the plant known as ''A. densiflorus'' 'Myersii' remains ''A. densiflorus''. Cultivation As it cannot tolerate frost, in temperate regions ''A. densiflorus'' is usually grown under glass. Numerous cultivars have been developed, of which ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lycopodium Clavatum
''Lycopodium clavatum'' (common club moss, stag's-horn clubmoss, running clubmoss, or ground pineBailey, L.H.; Bailey, E.Z.; the staff of the Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium. 1976. ''Hortus third: A concise dictionary of plants cultivated in the United States and Canada''. Macmillan, New York.) is the most widespread species in the genus ''Lycopodium'' in the clubmoss family. Description ''Lycopodium clavatum'' is a spore-bearing vascular plant, growing mainly prostrate along the ground with stems up to long; the stems are much branched, and densely clothed with small, spirally arranged microphyll leaves. The leaves are 3–5 mm long and 0.7–1 mm broad, tapered to a fine hair-like white point. The branches bearing strobili or spore cones turn erect, reaching above ground, and their leaves are modified as sporophylls that enclose the spore capsules or sporangia. The spore cones are yellow-green, long, and broad. The horizontal stems produce roots at frequent interval ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wodyetia
''Wodyetia bifurcata'', the foxtail palm, is a species of palm in the family Arecaceae, native to Queensland, Australia. It is the sole species in the genus ''Wodyetia''. The Palm and Cycads Societies of Australia (PACSOA) describes this palm as follows: ''"Very attractive palm with long (2-3m.) plumose leaves (hence the name 'Foxtail'), and up to 10m tall with a grey trunk. It produces large (about the size of a duck egg) orange fruit"''Palm and Cycad Societies of Australia webpage on Wodyetia bifurcata Accessed 3 May 2008 Etymology Most of the world was unaware of the existence of this 'spectacular' palm until 1978, when an Aborig ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Agave Attenuata
''Agave attenuata'' is a species of flowering plant in the family Asparagaceae, commonly known as the foxtail or lion's tail. The name swan's neck agave refers to its development of a curved inflorescence, unusual among agaves. Native to the plateaux of central west Mexico, as one of the unarmed agaves, it is popular as an ornamental plant in gardens in many other places with subtropical and warm climates. Description Although the plant can appear acaulescent, stems often reach 50 to 150 cm (20–60 in) in length, and old leaves fall off, leaving the stems visible. The leaves are ovate-acuminate, 50–70 cm (20–28 in) long and 12–16 cm (5–6 in) wide, pale in color, ranging from a light gray to a light yellowish green. There are no teeth, nor terminal spines, although the leaves taper to soft points that fray with age. The numerous, broad, succulent, tapering leaves are slightly less rigid than most Agave species' leave;, they are a bright glau ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Foxtail Peak
Foxtail Peak () is a peak, high, on the north side of Neumayer Glacier, west of Carlita Bay, South Georgia. It was charted by the Swedish Antarctic Expedition, 1901–04, under Otto Nordenskiöld. It was surveyed by the South Georgia Survey in the period 1951–56 and named by the UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee The UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee (or UK-APC) is a United Kingdom government committee, part of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, responsible for recommending names of geographical locations within the British Antarctic Territory (BAT) and ... after the Antarctic foxtail grass slopes of the peak. References Mountains and hills of South Georgia {{SouthGeorgia-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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