Vulpia

Taxobox
name = "Vulpia"

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image_width = 250px
image_caption = "Vulpia bromoides"
regnum = Plantae
divisio = Magnoliophyta
classis = Liliopsida
ordo = Poales
familia = Poaceae
subfamilia = Pooideae
genus = "Vulpia"
genus_authority = K.C. Gmel.
subdivision_ranks = Species
subdivision = 30 - See text

"Vulpia" is a genus of grasses which are known as fescues; "Vulpia" is sometimes considered a subset of the main fescue genus, "Festuca". Many of these fescues are considered noxious weeds in places where they are not native. "Vulpia myuros" is a notable weed in this genus.

Selected species:
*"Vulpia bromoides" - brome fescue
*"Vulpia elliotea" - squirreltail fescue
*"Vulpia microstachys" - small fescue
*"Vulpia myuros" - rat-tail fescue
*"Vulpia octoflora" - sixweeks fescue, pullout grass

External links

* [http://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/cgi-bin/get_JM_treatment.pl?8738,9330 Jepson Manual Treatment]
* [http://plants.usda.gov/java/profile?symbol=VULPI USDA Plants Profile]