| Author | Walter | |
| Distribution | Coastal Plain and Piedmont; disjunct in the southwestern Mountains.
MA to B.C., south to northern FL and CA. Primarily in the Mississippi River basin. | |
| Abundance | Frequent in the Coastal Plain and the eastern half of the Piedmont; rare and local in the Mountains. Very rare to absent in most of the northern Mountains and northwestern half of the Piedmont. The website editors suggest a State Rank of S5. | |
| Habitat | Moist woodlands, meadows, fields, ditches. Usually in damp ground. |
| Phenology | Flowering and fruiting April-July. | |
| Identification | The genus Alopecurus can usually be recognized by its narrowly cylindrical, terminal inflorescences with tightly packed florets. Superficially, our species resemble the non-native Timothy (Phleum pratense), but they have narrower and paler inflorescences. A. carolinianus and A. myosuroides (not native) are annual; A. carolinianus has shorter glumes than that species (2-3.2 mm long vs. 4-6 mm long). | |
| Taxonomic Comments | The type locality is in South Carolina, discovered by Thomas Walter prior to 1788.
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| Other Common Name(s) | Carolina Meadow-foxtail, Annual Foxtail | |
| State Rank | S4 [S5] | |
| Global Rank | G5 | |
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| US Status | | |
| USACE-agcp | FACW link |
| USACE-emp | FACW link |
