''Alopecurus saccatus'' is a species of

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known by the common name Pacific foxtail, or Pacific meadow foxtail. It is native the west coast of the United States from

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, where it grows in moist areas at low elevations.

Description

''Alopecurus saccatus'' is an annual

bunchgrass Tussock grasses or bunch grasses are a group of grass species in the family Poaceae. They usually grow as singular plants in clumps, tufts, hummocks, or bunches, rather than forming a sod or lawn, in meadows, grasslands, and prairies. As perennial ...

, forming tufts of stout, erect stems up to about 45 centimeters in maximum height. Leaves are up to 12 or 13 centimeters long. The

inflorescence An inflorescence is a group or cluster of flowers arranged on a stem that is composed of a main branch or a complicated arrangement of branches. Morphologically, it is the modified part of the shoot of seed plants where flowers are formed o ...

is a dense panicle up to 6 or 7 centimeters long which blooms in yellow to reddish brown

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References

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Calflora Database: ''Alopecurus saccatus'' (Pacific foxtail)Jepson Manual eFlora (TJM2) treatment of ''Alopecurus saccatus''USDA Plants Profile for ''Alopecurus saccatus'' (Pacific foxtail)Grass Manual TreatmentUC Photos gallery — ''Alopecurus saccatus''
saccatus Bunchgrasses of North America Grasses of the United States Native grasses of California Flora of Idaho Flora of Oregon Flora of Washington (state) Flora of the Cascade Range Flora of the Sierra Nevada (United States) Natural history of the California chaparral and woodlands Natural history of the Central Valley (California) Natural history of the San Francisco Bay Area {{Pooideae-stub