Yellow Foxtail Setaria pumila (Poiret) Roemer & J.A. SchultesNon-native  -  Invasive    Synonyms: Chaetochloa glauca, Setaria glauca, Setaria lutescens, Setaria pumila ssp. pallidifusca.
Kingdom Plantae   >   Division Tracheophyta   >   Class Magnoliopsida   >   Order Poales   >   Family Poaceae   >   Genus Setaria   

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Introduced from Europe in the early 1900's. Now a common weed throughout most of the United States.

There are 56 records in the project database.

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Yellow Foxtail in Baltimore Co., Maryland (8/14/2018). Photo by Wayne Longbottom. (MBP list)

Yellow Foxtail in Caroline Co., Maryland (8/12/2018). Photo by Wayne Longbottom. (MBP list)

Yellow Foxtail in Anne Arundel Co., Maryland (7/7/2011). Photo by Bill Harms. (MBP list)

Yellow Foxtail in Kent Co., Maryland (7/23/2018). Photo by Wayne Longbottom. (MBP list)

Yellow Foxtail in Caroline Co., Maryland (7/23/2018). Photo by Wayne Longbottom. (MBP list)

Yellow Foxtail in Queen Anne's Co., Maryland (9/27/2017). Photo by Wayne Longbottom. (MBP list)

Yellow Foxtail in Anne Arundel Co., Maryland (9/27/2020). (c) Wayne Longbottom, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC). Photo by Wayne Longbottom. (MBP list)


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