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Vulpia myuros, the annual fescue, [1] or rat's-tail fescue, [2] is an annual flowering plant in grass family Poaceae. It was probably originally native to Eurasia, but it can now be found nearly worldwide as a naturalized species. In the United Kingdom it forms dense, even swards of fine, hair-like stems in recently disturbed habitats.
Vulpia is a part of a group of species known as fescues; Vulpia is sometimes considered a subset of the main fescue genus, Festuca. Many of these fescues are considered noxious weeds in many places. [7] Vulpia myuros is a notable weed. The genus is named for Johann Samuel Vulpius (1760-1846), a German botanist. [8] Species [1] [9] Vulpia ...
Squirreltail fescue is a common name for several grasses and may refer to: Vulpia bromoides , native to Europe and Africa and naturalized in western North America Vulpia elliotea , native to eastern North America
Rat tail or rat's tail may refer to: The tail of a rat; Rat-tailed maggot, a maggot with the tail of a rat; Rattail, fish of the family Macrouridae; Rattail (casting), a defect in metal casting; Rattail (haircut) Rattail skate (Dipturus lanceorostratus), a fish endemic to Mozambique; Rat-tail splice, a type of electrical splice
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 10–200 cm (4–79 in) and a cosmopolitan distribution, occurring on every continent except Antarctica. [2]
Festuca octoflora, also known as Vulpia octoflora, [1] [2] is an annual plant in the grass family . [3] The common name six-week fescue is because it supplies about 6 weeks of cattle forage after a rain. [3] Other common names include sixweeks fescue, [4] six-weeks fescue, pullout grass, [4] eight-flower six-weeks grass, [4] or eight-flowered ...
Eighty-three years after the Pearl Harbor attacks, here's a look at some of the photos during and after the bombings that awoke the sleeping giant. Photos: Pearl Harbor on Dec. 7, 1941
Babiana ringens, the rat's tail, is a flowering plant endemic to Cape Province of South Africa. [1] The foliage is long and erect with an inflorescence consisting of a sterile main stalk adapted for ornithophily, pollination by birds. The plant bears bright red, tubular flowers on side branches close to the ground.