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
· 688 counties across 42 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 688 counties across 42 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
California view state ↗ 9 N ▾
Delaware view state ↗ 1 N ▾
District of Columbia view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Florida view state ↗ 5 N ▾
Georgia view state ↗ 10 N ▾
Idaho view state ↗ 6 N ▾
Illinois view state ↗ 80 N ▾
- Adams 17001
- Alexander 17003
- Bond 17005
- Boone 17007
- Brown 17009
- Calhoun 17013
- Cass 17017
- Champaign 17019
- Christian 17021
- Clark 17023
- Clay 17025
- Clinton 17027
- Cook 17031
- Crawford 17033
- Cumberland 17035
- De Witt 17039
- DeKalb 17037
- Douglas 17041
- DuPage 17043
- Edwards 17047
- Effingham 17049
- Fayette 17051
- Franklin 17055
- Fulton 17057
- Greene 17061
- Grundy 17063
- Hamilton 17065
- Hancock 17067
- Henderson 17071
- Henry 17073
- Iroquois 17075
- Jackson 17077
- Jasper 17079
- Jefferson 17081
- Jersey 17083
- Johnson 17087
- Kane 17089
- Kankakee 17091
- Kendall 17093
- Knox 17095
- Lake 17097
- Lawrence 17101
- Livingston 17105
- Logan 17107
- Macon 17115
- Macoupin 17117
- Madison 17119
- Marion 17121
- Mason 17125
- Massac 17127
- McDonough 17109
- McHenry 17111
- McLean 17113
- Menard 17129
- Monroe 17133
- Morgan 17137
- Moultrie 17139
- Ogle 17141
- Peoria 17143
- Perry 17145
- Piatt 17147
- Pike 17149
- Pope 17151
- Pulaski 17153
- Randolph 17157
- Richland 17159
- Saline 17165
- Sangamon 17167
- Scott 17171
- Shelby 17173
- St. Clair 17163
- Stark 17175
- Union 17181
- Vermilion 17183
- Wabash 17185
- Washington 17189
- White 17193
- Will 17197
- Williamson 17199
- Winnebago 17201
Indiana view state ↗ 38 N ▾
- Carroll 18015
- Cass 18017
- Clark 18019
- Clay 18021
- Clinton 18023
- Crawford 18025
- Daviess 18027
- Dubois 18037
- Floyd 18043
- Gibson 18051
- Harrison 18061
- Jasper 18073
- Jefferson 18077
- Jennings 18079
- Knox 18083
- LaPorte 18091
- Lawrence 18093
- Marion 18097
- Marshall 18099
- Martin 18101
- Monroe 18105
- Montgomery 18107
- Newton 18111
- Parke 18121
- Perry 18123
- Porter 18127
- Posey 18129
- Pulaski 18131
- Putnam 18133
- Spencer 18147
- St. Joseph 18141
- Sullivan 18153
- Tippecanoe 18157
- Vanderburgh 18163
- Vigo 18167
- Wabash 18169
- Warrick 18173
- White 18181
Iowa view state ↗ 15 N ▾
Kansas view state ↗ 41 N ▾
- Anderson 20003
- Atchison 20005
- Barber 20007
- Barton 20009
- Chase 20017
- Chautauqua 20019
- Cherokee 20021
- Cloud 20029
- Coffey 20031
- Cowley 20035
- Crawford 20037
- Doniphan 20043
- Douglas 20045
- Edwards 20047
- Ellis 20051
- Franklin 20059
- Harper 20077
- Harvey 20079
- Jackson 20085
- Jefferson 20087
- Johnson 20091
- Kiowa 20097
- Leavenworth 20103
- Linn 20107
- Lyon 20111
- Marion 20115
- McPherson 20113
- Miami 20121
- Neosho 20133
- Pottawatomie 20149
- Reno 20155
- Republic 20157
- Riley 20161
- Saline 20169
- Sedgwick 20173
- Shawnee 20177
- Sheridan 20179
- Stafford 20185
- Sumner 20191
- Woodson 20207
- Wyandotte 20209
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 ▾
Michigan view state ↗ 4 N ▾
Minnesota view state ↗ 11 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
Missouri view state ↗ 58 N ▾
- Adair 29001
- Atchison 29005
- Barton 29011
- Bates 29013
- Benton 29015
- Boone 29019
- Butler 29023
- Callaway 29027
- Cape Girardeau 29031
- Carter 29035
- Cedar 29039
- Christian 29043
- Clark 29045
- Cole 29051
- Cooper 29053
- Dade 29057
- Dent 29065
- Dunklin 29069
- Franklin 29071
- Gasconade 29073
- Greene 29077
- Henry 29083
- Howard 29089
- Howell 29091
- Jackson 29095
- Jasper 29097
- Jefferson 29099
- Johnson 29101
- Knox 29103
- Laclede 29105
- Lawrence 29109
- Linn 29115
- Livingston 29117
- Macon 29121
- Madison 29123
- Maries 29125
- Marion 29127
- Monroe 29137
- Montgomery 29139
- Newton 29145
- Perry 29157
- Pettis 29159
- Phelps 29161
- Pike 29163
- Ralls 29173
- Randolph 29175
- Ripley 29181
- Saline 29195
- Scott 29201
- Shannon 29203
- Shelby 29205
- St. Charles 29183
- St. Clair 29185
- St. Louis 29189
- Stoddard 29207
- Stone 29209
- Vernon 29217
- Warren 29219
Montana view state ↗ 2 N ▾
Nebraska view state ↗ 9 N ▾
New Jersey view state ↗ 2 N ▾
New Mexico 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
North Dakota view state ↗ 7 N ▾
Ohio view state ↗ 8 N ▾
Oklahoma view state ↗ 20 N ▾
Oregon view state ↗ 6 N ▾
Pennsylvania view state ↗ 4 N ▾
South Carolina view state ↗ 17 N ▾
South Dakota view state ↗ 3 N ▾
Tennessee view state ↗ 38 N ▾
- Anderson 47001
- Bedford 47003
- Benton 47005
- Carroll 47017
- Cheatham 47021
- Coffee 47031
- Fayette 47047
- Gibson 47053
- Hamblen 47063
- Hamilton 47065
- Hardeman 47069
- Haywood 47075
- Henderson 47077
- Henry 47079
- Houston 47083
- Humphreys 47085
- Jackson 47087
- Jefferson 47089
- Knox 47093
- Lake 47095
- Lauderdale 47097
- Lincoln 47103
- Madison 47113
- Marion 47115
- Marshall 47117
- McNairy 47109
- Montgomery 47125
- Morgan 47129
- Obion 47131
- Roane 47145
- Robertson 47147
- Rutherford 47149
- Sevier 47155
- Shelby 47157
- Stewart 47161
- Sumner 47165
- Tipton 47167
- Williamson 47187
Texas view state ↗ 40 N ▾
- Angelina 48005
- Archer 48009
- Bastrop 48021
- Baylor 48023
- Bell 48027
- Bexar 48029
- Brazoria 48039
- Brazos 48041
- Burleson 48051
- Callahan 48059
- Cameron 48061
- Chambers 48071
- Cherokee 48073
- Colorado 48089
- Dallas 48113
- Fayette 48149
- Fort Bend 48157
- Gonzales 48177
- Grayson 48181
- Gregg 48183
- Grimes 48185
- Henderson 48213
- Houston 48225
- Lamar 48277
- Lavaca 48285
- Llano 48299
- Madison 48313
- McLennan 48309
- Morris 48343
- Nacogdoches 48347
- Polk 48373
- Red River 48387
- Robertson 48395
- Sabine 48403
- San Jacinto 48407
- Travis 48453
- Walker 48471
- Waller 48473
- Washington 48477
- Wilson 48493
Utah view state ↗ 2 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
Washington view state ↗ 5 N ▾
West Virginia view state ↗ 4 N ▾
Wisconsin view state ↗ 9 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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