Meadow Foxtail (Alopecurus arundinaceus)

Description

Active Growth Period Spring and Summer After Harvest Regrowth Rate Rapid Bloat None C:N Ratio Medium Coppice Potential No Fall Conspicuous No Fire Resistant No Flower Color Yellow Flower Conspicuous No Foliage Color Green Foliage Porosity Summer Dense Foliage Porosity Winter Porous Foliage Texture Coarse Fruit/Seed Color Brown Fruit/Seed Conspicuous No Growth Form Rhizomatous Growth Rate Rapid Height at 20 Years, Maximum (feet) Height, Mature (feet) 3.0 Known Allelopath No Leaf Retention No Lifespan Long Low Growing Grass No Nitrogen Fixation None Resprout Ability No Shape and Orientation Erect Toxicity None Growth Requirements Adapted to Coarse Textured Soils No Adapted to Fine Textured Soils Yes Adapted to Medium Textured Soils Yes Anaerobic Tolerance None CaCO3 Tolerance High Cold Stratification Required No Drought Tolerance Low Fertility Requirement High Fire Tolerance Medium Frost Free Days, Minimum 90 Hedge Tolerance None Moisture Use High pH, Minimum 5.8 pH, Maximum 8.0 Planting Density per Acre, Minimum Planting Density per Acre, Maximum Precipitation, Minimum 18 Precipitation, Maximum 60 Root Depth, Minimum (inches) 12 Salinity Tolerance Low Shade Tolerance Intolerant Temperature, Minimum (-F) -38 Reproduction Bloom Period Spring Commercial Availability Routinely Available Fruit/Seed Abundance High Fruit/Seed Period Begin Spring Fruit/Seed Period End Summer Fruit/Seed Persistence No Propagated by Bare Root No Propagated by Bulb No Propagated by Container No Propagated by Corm No Propagated by Cuttings No Propagated by Seed Yes Propagated by Sod No Propagated by Sprigs No Propagated by Tubers No Seed per Pound 406880 Seed Spread Rate Moderate Seedling Vigor High Small Grain No Vegetative Spread Rate Slow Suitability/Use Berry/Nut/Seed Product No Christmas Tree Product No Fodder Product Yes Fuelwood Product Lumber Product No Naval Store Product No Nursery Stock Product No Palatable Browse Animal Medium Palatable Graze Animal High Palatable Human No Post Product No Protein Potential Medium Pulpwood Product No Veneer Product No