Index / Search / Alopecurus carolinianus
§1 Plant
Alopecurus carolinianus Walter
vernacular Carolina foxtail — species · Poaceae
§2Habit & range
Habit and range
- Growth habit
- Graminoid
- Duration
- Annual
- Group
- Monocot
- Family
- Poaceae Barnhart
- Genus
- Alopecurus
§2a
Native status, by region
- CAN Canada Native
- L48 Lower 48 States Native
§2b
County-level range
· 254 counties across 19 states/territories§3Cultivation specs · USDA
Recorded by the USDA Plant Materials Program.
§3a
Tolerances
- Drought
- Low
- Shade
- High
- Moisture use
- Low
- Fire
- Low
- Salinity
- None
- Anaerobic
- High
- CaCO₃
- Medium
- Hedging
- None
§3b
Climate & soil
- Cold tolerance
- -43 °F minimum
- Frost-free days
- 100 min.
- Precipitation
- 15–60 in/yr
- pH range
- 4–7.5
- Root depth
- 12 in min.
- Fertility need
- Low
- Soil texture
- coarse, medium, fine
§3c
Form & growth
- Growth form
- Bunch
- Growth rate
- Moderate
- Mature height
- 1.7 ft
- Foliage texture
- Fine
- Foliage colour
- Green
- Porosity (summer)
- Porous
- Porosity (winter)
- Porous
- Flower colour
- Green
- Fruit colour
- Yellow
- Fire resistant
- No
- N fixation
- None
- Toxicity
- None
§3d
Reproduction
- Bloom period
- Spring
- Seed abundance
- Low
- Seed begins
- Summer
- Seed ends
- Summer
- Spread rate
- Slow
- Stratify
- No
- Seeds / lb
- 556,000
- Propagation
- seed, sprigs
§3e
Use & availability
- Commercial availability
- No Known Source
- Nursery stock
- No
- Browse palatability
- Medium
- Graze palatability
- Medium
- Palatable, human
- No
- Lumber
- No
- Christmas tree
- No
§4Counties, by state
Recorded in 254 counties across 19 states/territories.
Alabama view state ↗ 5 N ▾
Arizona view state ↗ 4 N ▾
Arkansas view state ↗ 39 N ▾
- Arkansas 05001
- Ashley 05003
- Benton 05007
- Bradley 05011
- Chicot 05017
- Cleveland 05025
- Conway 05029
- Crawford 05033
- Crittenden 05035
- Cross 05037
- Desha 05041
- Drew 05043
- Faulkner 05045
- Franklin 05047
- Hempstead 05057
- Howard 05061
- Jefferson 05069
- Johnson 05071
- Lawrence 05075
- Lee 05077
- Lincoln 05079
- Little River 05081
- Logan 05083
- Marion 05089
- Miller 05091
- Monroe 05095
- Montgomery 05097
- Nevada 05099
- Ouachita 05103
- Prairie 05117
- Pulaski 05119
- Randolph 05121
- Scott 05127
- Sebastian 05131
- St. Francis 05123
- Union 05139
- Washington 05143
- White 05145
- Woodruff 05147
Delaware view state ↗ 1 N ▾
District of Columbia view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Florida view state ↗ 5 N ▾
Georgia view state ↗ 10 N ▾
Kentucky view state ↗ 29 N ▾
- Adair 21001
- Ballard 21007
- Barren 21009
- Breckinridge 21027
- Caldwell 21033
- Calloway 21035
- Campbell 21037
- Carlisle 21039
- Daviess 21059
- Floyd 21071
- Gallatin 21077
- Graves 21083
- Harrison 21097
- Henderson 21101
- Henry 21103
- Hickman 21105
- Hopkins 21107
- Jefferson 21111
- Logan 21141
- Lyon 21143
- Marshall 21157
- McCracken 21145
- McLean 21149
- Montgomery 21173
- Muhlenberg 21177
- Perry 21193
- Robertson 21201
- Trigg 21221
- Warren 21227
Louisiana view state ↗ 59 N ▾
- Acadia 22001
- Allen 22003
- Ascension 22005
- Assumption 22007
- Avoyelles 22009
- Beauregard 22011
- Bossier 22015
- Caddo 22017
- Caldwell 22021
- Cameron 22023
- Catahoula 22025
- Claiborne 22027
- Concordia 22029
- De Soto 22031
- East Baton Rouge 22033
- East Carroll 22035
- East Feliciana 22037
- Evangeline 22039
- Franklin 22041
- Grant 22043
- Iberia 22045
- Iberville 22047
- Jackson 22049
- Jefferson 22051
- Jefferson Davis 22053
- Lafayette 22055
- Lafourche 22057
- LaSalle 22059
- Lincoln 22061
- Livingston 22063
- Madison 22065
- Morehouse 22067
- Natchitoches 22069
- Orleans 22071
- Ouachita 22073
- Pointe Coupee 22077
- Rapides 22079
- Red River 22081
- Richland 22083
- Sabine 22085
- St. Charles 22089
- St. Helena 22091
- St. James 22093
- St. John the Baptist 22095
- St. Landry 22097
- St. Martin 22099
- St. Mary 22101
- St. Tammany 22103
- Tangipahoa 22105
- Tensas 22107
- Terrebonne 22109
- Union 22111
- Vermilion 22113
- Vernon 22115
- Washington 22117
- West Baton Rouge 22121
- West Carroll 22123
- West Feliciana 22125
- Winn 22127
Massachusetts view state ↗ 2 N ▾
Mississippi view state ↗ 22 N ▾
- Bolivar 28011
- Carroll 28015
- DeSoto 28033
- Forrest 28035
- Hinds 28049
- Holmes 28051
- Kemper 28069
- Lafayette 28071
- Lamar 28073
- Lauderdale 28075
- Lee 28081
- Leflore 28083
- Madison 28089
- Marion 28091
- Marshall 28093
- Noxubee 28103
- Pontotoc 28115
- Quitman 28119
- Sharkey 28125
- Sunflower 28133
- Tishomingo 28141
- Washington 28151
Montana view state ↗ 2 N ▾
New Jersey view state ↗ 2 N ▾
New York view state ↗ 5 N ▾
North Carolina view state ↗ 35 N ▾
- Alamance 37001
- Anson 37007
- Bertie 37015
- Bladen 37017
- Camden 37029
- Cherokee 37039
- Chowan 37041
- Craven 37049
- Cumberland 37051
- Durham 37063
- Edgecombe 37065
- Franklin 37069
- Gates 37073
- Granville 37077
- Halifax 37083
- Harnett 37085
- Hertford 37091
- Hyde 37095
- Johnston 37101
- Jones 37103
- Martin 37117
- Mecklenburg 37119
- Northampton 37131
- Orange 37135
- Pamlico 37137
- Pitt 37147
- Rowan 37159
- Sampson 37163
- Tyrrell 37177
- Union 37179
- Wake 37183
- Warren 37185
- Washington 37187
- Wayne 37191
- Wilson 37195
Pennsylvania view state ↗ 4 N ▾
Vermont view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Virginia view state ↗ 24 N ▾
- Caroline 51033
- Charles City 51036
- Chesterfield 51041
- Cumberland 51049
- Fairfax 51059
- Goochland 51075
- Greensville 51081
- Halifax 51083
- Hampton (city) 51650
- Hanover 51085
- Henrico 51087
- Mathews 51115
- Mecklenburg 51117
- Northampton 51131
- Orange 51137
- Powhatan 51145
- Prince George 51149
- Rockbridge 51163
- Southampton 51175
- Surry 51181
- Sussex 51183
- Virginia Beach (city) 51810
- Warren 51187
- Westmoreland 51193
West Virginia view state ↗ 4 N ▾
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/ALCA4 ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/5290094 ↗Record version
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