''Vulpia'' is a widespread genus of plants in the

grass family Poaceae () or Gramineae () is a large and nearly ubiquitous family of monocotyledonous flowering plants commonly known as grasses. It includes the cereal grasses, bamboos and the grasses of natural grassland and species cultivated in lawns and ...

, native to many countries around the world and naturalized in many of the nations to which it is not native. It is most common in temperate regions. ''Vulpia'' is a part of a group of species known as fescues; ''Vulpia'' is sometimes considered a subset of the main

fescue ''Festuca'' (fescue) is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the grass family Poaceae (subfamily Pooideae). They are evergreen or herbaceous perennial tufted grasses with a height range of and a cosmopolitan distribution, occurring on e ...

genus, ''

Festuca ''Festuca'' (fescue) is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the grass family Poaceae (subfamily Pooideae). They are evergreen or herbaceous perennial tufted grasses with a height range of and a cosmopolitan distribution, occurring on e ...

''. Many of these fescues are considered

noxious weed A noxious weed, harmful weed or injurious weed is a weed that has been designated by an agricultural or other governing authority as a plant that is injurious to agricultural or horticultural crops, natural habitats or ecosystems, or humans or liv ...

s in many places. ''

Vulpia myuros ''Vulpia myuros'', the annual fescue, or rat's-tail fescue, is an annual grass species of the genus '' Vulpia''. It was probably originally native to Eurasia, but it can now be found nearly worldwide as a naturalized species. In the United Kingd ...

'' is a notable weed. The genus is named for Johann Samuel Vulpius (1760-1846), a German botanist. ; SpeciesThe Plant List search for ''Vulpia''
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Vulpia alopecuros ''Vulpia'' is a widespread genus of plants in the grass family, native to many countries around the world and naturalized in many of the nations to which it is not native. It is most common in temperate regions. ''Vulpia'' is a part of a group o ...

'' (Schousb.) Link - western Mediterranean, Canary Is * '' Vulpia alpina'' L.Liu - Tibet * '' Vulpia antucensis'' Trin. - Chile, Argentina * '' Vulpia australis'' (Nees) Blom - South America * '' Vulpia brevis'' Boiss. & Kotschy - eastern Mediterranean * ''

Vulpia bromoides ''Vulpia bromoides'', squirreltail fescue, barren fescue or brome fescue, is a species of grass in the family Poaceae. It is a winter annual native to Europe, North Africa, and West Asia, but has been introduced to parts of the America, South ...

'' (L.) Gray - brome fescue - Europe, Africa, Arabia; naturalized in Australia, the Americas, various islands * ''

Vulpia ciliata ''Vulpia ciliata'' is a species of plant in the family Poaceae (true grasses). Sources References {{Taxonbar, from=Q6165192 Pooideae Flora of Malta ...

'' Dumort. - Europe, North Africa, central + southwestern Asia; introduced in Australia, New Zealand, Pennsylvania * '' Vulpia cynosuroides'' (Desf.) Parl. - Algeria, Morocco, Tunisia * '' Vulpia delicatula'' (Lag.) Dumort. - Portugal, Spain * '' Vulpia elliotea'' (Raf.) Fernald - squirreltail fescue - southeastern USA (Texas to New Jersey) * '' Vulpia fasciculata'' (Forssk.) Samp. - western Europe, Mediterranean, Caucasus; introduced in Australia, South Africa * '' Vulpia fontquerana'' Melderis &

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Vulpia geniculata ''Vulpia'' is a widespread genus of plants in the grass family, native to many countries around the world and naturalized in many of the nations to which it is not native. It is most common in temperate regions. ''Vulpia'' is a part of a group o ...

'' (L.) Link - Mediterranean, Sweden, Britain, Canary Islands, Madeira * ''

Vulpia gracilis ''Vulpia'' is a widespread genus of plants in the grass family, native to many countries around the world and naturalized in many of the nations to which it is not native. It is most common in temperate regions. ''Vulpia'' is a part of a group o ...

'' H.Scholz - Tunisia, Libya * ''

Vulpia gypsophila ''Vulpia'' is a widespread genus of plants in the grass family, native to many countries around the world and naturalized in many of the nations to which it is not native. It is most common in temperate regions. ''Vulpia'' is a part of a group o ...

'' (Hack.) Nyman - Spain, Sicily * ''

Vulpia ligustica ''Vulpia'' is a widespread genus of plants in the grass family, native to many countries around the world and naturalized in many of the nations to which it is not native. It is most common in temperate regions. ''Vulpia'' is a part of a group o ...

'' (All.) Link - Mediterranean * ''

Vulpia litardiereana ''Vulpia'' is a widespread genus of plants in the Poaceae, grass family, native to many countries around the world and naturalized in many of the nations to which it is not native. It is most common in temperate regions. ''Vulpia'' is a part of ...

'' (Maire) A.Camus - Morocco * ''

Vulpia membranacea ''Vulpia'' is a widespread genus of plants in the grass family, native to many countries around the world and naturalized in many of the nations to which it is not native. It is most common in temperate regions. ''Vulpia'' is a part of a group o ...

'' (L.) Dumort. - Mediterranean * ''

Vulpia microstachys ''Vulpia microstachys'' is a species of grass known by the common names small fescue and small sixweeks grass. It is native to western North America from British Columbia to Colorado and New Mexico to Baja California, where it grows in many types ...

'' (Nutt.) Munro - small fescue - western USA, British Columbia, Baja California (incl Guadalupe Island), Peru * ''

Vulpia muralis ''Vulpia'' is a widespread genus of plants in the grass family, native to many countries around the world and naturalized in many of the nations to which it is not native. It is most common in temperate regions. ''Vulpia'' is a part of a group o ...

'' (Kunth) Nees - Mediterranean, Azores, Canary Islands, Balkans, Hungary, Saudi Arabia; introduced in Australia, scattered locales in South America * ''

'' (L.) C.C.Gmel. - rat-tail fescue - Africa, Eurasia; introduced in Australia, the Americas, various islands * ''

Vulpia octoflora ''Festuca octoflora'', also known as ''Vulpia octoflora'', is an annual plant in the grass family (Poaceae).Mojave Desert Wildflowers, Pam MacKay, 2nd E. 2013, p 285 The common name six week fescue is because it supplies about 6 weeks of cattle ...

'' (Walter) Rydb. - widespread in North America; also Chile + Argentina * ''

Vulpia pectinella ''Vulpia'' is a widespread genus of plants in the grass family, native to many countries around the world and naturalized in many of the nations to which it is not native. It is most common in temperate regions. ''Vulpia'' is a part of a group o ...

'' (Delile) Boiss. - North Africa, Middle East from Morocco to Iraq * ''

Vulpia persica ''Vulpia'' is a widespread genus of plants in the grass family, native to many countries around the world and naturalized in many of the nations to which it is not native. It is most common in temperate regions. ''Vulpia'' is a part of a group o ...

'' (Boiss. & Buhse) Krecz. & Bobrov - Asia from Saudi Arabia to Kazakhstan * ''

Vulpia sicula ''Vulpia'' is a widespread genus of plants in the grass family, native to many countries around the world and naturalized in many of the nations to which it is not native. It is most common in temperate regions. ''Vulpia'' is a part of a group o ...

'' (J.Presl) Link - Mediterranean * ''

Vulpia unilateralis ''Vulpia'' is a widespread genus of plants in the grass family, native to many countries around the world and naturalized in many of the nations to which it is not native. It is most common in temperate regions. ''Vulpia'' is a part of a group o ...

'' (L.)

- from Britain to Morocco + Tajikistan ; formerly included Numerous species once considered part of ''Vulpia'' but now regarded as better suited to other genera: ''

Anthosachne ''Anthosachne'' is a genus of true grasses in the tribe Triticeae. It is primarily Australasian in its distribution, having five species native to New Zealand, 4 to Australia, and 1 to New Guinea. The Australian species are confined to the south ...

Australopyrum ''Australopyrum'' is a genus of plants in the grass family, native to Australia, New Zealand, and New Guinea. The genus ''Australopyrum'' is closely related to ''Agropyron,'' and some authors consider it part of that genus. ; Species * '' Austr ...

Avellinia

Micropyrum ''Micropyrum'' is a genus of European and North African plants in the grass family. ; Species * ''Micropyrum patens'' (Brot.) Rothm. ex Pilg. - Spain, Portugal * ''Micropyrum tenellum'' (L.) Link - Spain, Portugal including Madeira, France inclu ...

Vulpiella ''Vulpiella'' is a genus of plants in the grass family. The only known species is ''Vulpiella stipoides'', native to the western Mediterranean region (Algeria, Morocco, Tunisia, Libya, Italy, France, Spain Portugal; including islands of Sardinia, ...

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