Woodland Trust

Nature's CalendarNature Detectives

Is spring late where you live? Take a walk in the woods and see what you can find to record

Meadow Foxtail. Amanda Sharpmeadow foxtail

Alopecurus pratensis

  • An early flowering grass
     
  • Flower head forms a soft, compact cylindrical spike up to 9cm long
     
  • Look out for the purple or orange anthers drooping from the flower head to indicate it is flowering.record
     

Where found

Meadows and other grassy areas. It prefers rich, damp neutral soil.
 

When to look for

  • Flowering April-June