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MArsh foxtail

Scientific name: ​ Alopecurus geniculatus
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Growing conditions: fertile and wet areas
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Description 
A low growing perennial grass which in the right wet conditions will spread out to carpet the ground even extending out floating over shallow water. 
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How to identify: glumes silky-hairy, lanceolate, blunt; lemmas truncate, with awns ± twice their length. In flower it has slender foxtail like heads borne up on short stems. In general growth form and habit it is more similar to creeping bent (with which it is often associated) than its larger cousin meadow foxtail.
How to propagate: Seed is best sown between April and September when the risk of flooding is least. It has limited seed availability and particular habitat requirements, making it difficult for Marsh foxtail to compete with other plants unless the conditions are right. Where successfully established in the right location it will persist and regenerate itself.  Management should be focused on maintaining the wider grassland or wetland environment in which it grows.

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