Black-grass (Alopecurus myosuroides)

Black-grass, a reference photo — Photo: Kurt Stüber [1] · CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)

Alopecurus myosuroides is an annual grass, native to Eurasia, found in moist meadows, deciduous forests, and on cultivated and waste land. It is also known as slender meadow foxtail, black-grass, twitch grass, and black twitch.

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Is it poisonous?

We have no record of Black-grass being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.

Easily confused with

Alopecurus geniculatus
Alopecurus carolinianus

Classification

Kingdom: Plantae
Phylum: Tracheophyta
Class: Liliopsida
Order: Poales
Family: Poaceae
Genus: Alopecurus
Species: Alopecurus myosuroides

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