''Vulpia'' is a widespread genus of plants in the

grass family Poaceae () or Gramineae () is a large and nearly ubiquitous family of monocotyledonous flowering plants commonly known as grasses. It includes the cereal grasses, bamboos and the grasses of natural grassland and species cultivated in lawns and ...

, native to many countries around the world and naturalized in many of the nations to which it is not native. It is most common in temperate regions. ''Vulpia'' is a part of a group of species known as fescues; ''Vulpia'' is sometimes considered a subset of the main

fescue ''Festuca'' (fescue) is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the grass family Poaceae (subfamily Pooideae). They are evergreen or herbaceous perennial tufted grasses with a height range of and a cosmopolitan distribution, occurring on every ...

genus, ''

Festuca ''Festuca'' (fescue) is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the grass family Poaceae (subfamily Pooideae). They are evergreen or herbaceous perennial tufted grasses with a height range of and a cosmopolitan distribution, occurring on every ...

''. Many of these fescues are considered

noxious weed A noxious weed, harmful weed or injurious weed is a weed that has been designated by an agricultural or other governing authority as a plant that is injurious to agricultural or horticultural crops, natural habitats or ecosystems, or humans or liv ...

s in many places. ''

Vulpia myuros ''Vulpia myuros'', the annual fescue, or rat's-tail fescue, is an annual grass species of the genus ''Vulpia''. It was probably originally native to Eurasia, but it can now be found nearly worldwide as a naturalized species. In the United Kingdo ...

'' is a notable weed. The genus is named for Johann Samuel Vulpius (1760-1846), a German botanist. ; SpeciesThe Plant List search for ''Vulpia''
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Vulpia alopecuros ''Vulpia'' is a widespread genus of plants in the grass family, native to many countries around the world and naturalized in many of the nations to which it is not native. It is most common in temperate regions. ''Vulpia'' is a part of a group o ...

'' (Schousb.) Link - western Mediterranean, Canary Is * ''

Vulpia alpina ''Vulpia'' is a widespread genus of plants in the grass family, native to many countries around the world and naturalized in many of the nations to which it is not native. It is most common in temperate regions. ''Vulpia'' is a part of a group ...

'' L.Liu - Tibet * ''

Vulpia antucensis ''Vulpia'' is a widespread genus of plants in the grass family, native to many countries around the world and naturalized in many of the nations to which it is not native. It is most common in temperate regions. ''Vulpia'' is a part of a group o ...

'' Trin. - Chile, Argentina * ''

Vulpia australis ''Vulpia'' is a widespread genus of plants in the grass family, native to many countries around the world and naturalized in many of the nations to which it is not native. It is most common in temperate regions. ''Vulpia'' is a part of a group o ...

'' (Nees) Blom - South America * ''

Vulpia brevis ''Vulpia'' is a widespread genus of plants in the grass family, native to many countries around the world and naturalized in many of the nations to which it is not native. It is most common in temperate regions. ''Vulpia'' is a part of a group o ...

'' Boiss. & Kotschy - eastern Mediterranean * ''

Vulpia bromoides ''Vulpia bromoides'', squirreltail fescue, barren fescue or brome fescue, is a species of grass in the family Poaceae Poaceae () or Gramineae () is a large and nearly ubiquitous family of monocotyledonous flowering plants commonly known as ...

'' (L.) Gray - brome fescue - Europe, Africa, Arabia; naturalized in Australia, the Americas, various islands * ''

Vulpia ciliata ''Vulpia ciliata'' is a species of plant in the family Poaceae Poaceae () or Gramineae () is a large and nearly ubiquitous family of monocotyledonous flowering plants commonly known as grasses. It includes the cereal grasses, bamboos and t ...

'' Dumort. - Europe, North Africa, central + southwestern Asia; introduced in Australia, New Zealand, Pennsylvania * ''

Vulpia cynosuroides ''Vulpia'' is a widespread genus of plants in the grass family, native to many countries around the world and naturalized in many of the nations to which it is not native. It is most common in temperate regions. ''Vulpia'' is a part of a group o ...

'' (Desf.) Parl. - Algeria, Morocco, Tunisia * ''

Vulpia delicatula ''Vulpia'' is a widespread genus of plants in the grass family, native to many countries around the world and naturalized in many of the nations to which it is not native. It is most common in temperate regions. ''Vulpia'' is a part of a group o ...

'' (Lag.) Dumort. - Portugal, Spain * ''

Vulpia elliotea ''Vulpia elliotea'', known by the common name sand fescue or squirreltail fescue, is an annual grass native to the southeastern United States. Its specific epithet ''elliotea'' is named for its discoverer, Stephen Elliott. Description ''Vulpia ...

'' (Raf.) Fernald - squirreltail fescue - southeastern USA (Texas to New Jersey) * ''

Vulpia fasciculata ''Vulpia fasciculata'', the dune fescue, is a species of annual herb in the family Poaceae Poaceae () or Gramineae () is a large and nearly ubiquitous family of monocotyledonous flowering plants commonly known as grasses. It includes the c ...

'' (Forssk.) Samp. - western Europe, Mediterranean, Caucasus; introduced in Australia, South Africa * ''

Vulpia fontquerana ''Vulpia'' is a widespread genus of plants in the grass family, native to many countries around the world and naturalized in many of the nations to which it is not native. It is most common in temperate regions. ''Vulpia'' is a part of a group o ...

'' Melderis &

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- Spain * ''

Vulpia geniculata ''Vulpia'' is a widespread genus of plants in the grass family, native to many countries around the world and naturalized in many of the nations to which it is not native. It is most common in temperate regions. ''Vulpia'' is a part of a group o ...

'' (L.) Link - Mediterranean, Sweden, Britain, Canary Islands, Madeira * ''

Vulpia gracilis ''Vulpia'' is a widespread genus of plants in the grass family, native to many countries around the world and naturalized in many of the nations to which it is not native. It is most common in temperate regions. ''Vulpia'' is a part of a group o ...

'' H.Scholz - Tunisia, Libya * '' Vulpia gypsophila'' (Hack.) Nyman - Spain, Sicily * '' Vulpia ligustica'' (All.) Link - Mediterranean * '' Vulpia litardiereana'' (Maire) A.Camus - Morocco * '' Vulpia membranacea'' (L.) Dumort. - Mediterranean * '' Vulpia microstachys'' (Nutt.) Munro - small fescue - western USA, British Columbia, Baja California (incl Guadalupe Island), Peru * '' Vulpia muralis'' (Kunth) Nees - Mediterranean, Azores, Canary Islands, Balkans, Hungary, Saudi Arabia; introduced in Australia, scattered locales in South America * ''

'' (L.) C.C.Gmel. - rat-tail fescue - Africa, Eurasia; introduced in Australia, the Americas, various islands * ''

Vulpia octoflora ''Festuca octoflora'', also known as ''Vulpia octoflora'', is an annual plant in the grass family ( Poaceae).Mojave Desert Wildflowers, Pam MacKay, 2nd E. 2013, p 285 The common name six week fescue is because it supplies about 6 weeks of cattl ...

'' (Walter) Rydb. - widespread in North America; also Chile + Argentina * '' Vulpia pectinella'' (Delile) Boiss. - North Africa, Middle East from Morocco to Iraq * '' Vulpia persica'' (Boiss. & Buhse) Krecz. & Bobrov - Asia from Saudi Arabia to Kazakhstan * '' Vulpia sicula'' (J.Presl) Link - Mediterranean * ''

Vulpia unilateralis ''Vulpia'' is a widespread genus of plants in the grass family, native to many countries around the world and naturalized in many of the nations to which it is not native. It is most common in temperate regions. ''Vulpia'' is a part of a group o ...

'' (L.)

- from Britain to Morocco + Tajikistan ; formerly included Numerous species once considered part of ''Vulpia'' but now regarded as better suited to other genera: ''

Anthosachne ''Anthosachne'' is a genus of true grasses in the tribe Triticeae Triticeae is a botanical tribe within the subfamily Pooideae of grasses that includes genera with many domesticated species. Major crop genera found in this tribe include wheat ...

Australopyrum

Avellinia ''Avellinia'' is a genus of Mediterranean plants in the grass family. The only known species is ''Avellinia festucoides'', found throughout much of the Mediterranean Region from Portugal and Morocco to Turkey. It is also reportedly naturalized i ...

Micropyrum ''Micropyrum'' is a genus of European and North African plants in the grass family. ; Species * ''Micropyrum patens'' (Brot.) Rothm. ex Pilg. - Spain, Portugal * ''Micropyrum tenellum'' (L.) Link - Spain, Portugal including Madeira, France inclu ...

Vulpiella ''Vulpiella'' is a genus of plants in the grass family. The only known species is ''Vulpiella stipoides'', native to the western Mediterranean region (Algeria, Morocco, Tunisia, Libya, Italy, France, Spain Portugal; including islands of Sardinia, ...

References

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