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  foxtail - Search Results - MSN Encarta
- grass with bushy spikes: a grass with soft cylindrical spikes resembling the tail of a fox.
Foxtail Grass, common name for several species of grasses with bushy flowering spikes.
Foxtail Lily, common name for a genus of perennial plants characterized by a single, tall flower spike.
ca.encarta.msn.com /foxtail.html   (86 words)

  
 National Vizsla Association -- Articles Fox Tails
Eyes: Symptoms for foxtails in the eyes are a gummy discharge and a squint, or an eye glued shut.
Foxtails cannot be flushed from the eye with water or eye-wash, nor can they be removed by applying ointment.
Any foxtail that enters a dog through the ears, eyes, nose, mouth, feet, or vagina,if ignored, has the potential to travel (burrowing along the tunnels of pus created by the seedling’s bacteria) anywhere in the dog’s body.
www.vizsladogs.com /CLUBS/nva/nva6.htm   (1424 words)

  
 Foxtail Grass Flowers
oxtail is one of the most easy-to-identify grasses of all and it's very common.
Grasses are wind-pollinated so it makes sense that the stigma is so fuzzy because the fuzziness increases the stigma's surface area so that it's more likely to catch pollen.
In the case of foxtail grass, the fruits can be referred to as grains, and those are two much-magnified grains at the left.
www.backyardnature.net /fl_foxtl.htm   (411 words)

  
 Seed Packets of Ornamental Grasses From Around the World   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
Gamma grass is known for it's luxurious foliage and used in backgrounds and tropical settings.
This is an eye catching ornamental grass reaching 36" tall with pale green or bronzed, bristled seed heads reaching 3-6" long.
An easy to grow sod forming grass reaching 3 ft. tall with long wheat-like seed heads that are easier to use as filler than actual wheat.
www.datasync.com /sbe/Orngrass.htm   (3183 words)

  
 Foxtail Grass Danger, training, housebreaking, puppy, obedience
Foxtail is a common annual grass usually considered a weed.
As foxtail matures, seeds are formed at the top of the stalk.
If foxtail grows in your yard mow the grass often, especially in late spring when the plant grows most rapidly.
www.dogtrainingadvice.com /Article_47a_Foxtail_grass.html   (476 words)

  
 The Gooding Seed Company   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
Orchard grass is a high yielding grass and highly palatable for livestock feed as a pastures grass or hay.
Latar is a late maturing orchard grass for use as a high producing irrigated pasture grass or in pasture mixes.
It is a useful grass for erosion control and wildlife cover due to its adaptability to a wide range of soils and climates.
www.goodingseed.com /grasses.html   (4858 words)

  
 Foxtails
If the foxtail is not caught in time, it could cause rupture of the eye and require the eye to be removed.
In southern California foxtails are the number one cause of a non-healing draining wound.
Not only is this a very painful condition, but if that foxtail gets high enough it could get sucked into the lung (which is very, very bad.) Removal of a foxtail in the nose requires general anesthesia and rhinoscopy (a scope to be put into the nose) to find and remove the foxtail.
www.orangevillavet.com /articles/foxtails.htm   (1241 words)

  
 Foxtail millet   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
Foxtail millet is an annual grass growing to 5 feet under the best conditions.
Flowering stems are leafy throughout their length, but the hay or fodder is less nutritious than a number of other grasses and legumes.
A weed grass called foxtail is a close relative.
www.hort.purdue.edu /newcrop/crops/foxtail_millet.html   (127 words)

  
 Creeping Foxtail
Creeping foxtail is a cool-season perennial, native to Eurasia.
Creeping foxtail is a long-lived perennial with dense, vigorous rhizomes.
Creeping foxtail is well-suited for pastures because of its early growth, rapid recovery after grazing, and it does not go dormant during the hotter summer months.
www.animalrangeextension.montana.edu /articles/Forage/Species/Grasses/Creeping-foxtail.htm   (985 words)

  
 Landscaping with Ornamental Grasses   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
Look for a grass that has colorful foliage and is not too dense, which indicates that the plant has already become pot-bound and might be difficult to establish if planted.
Even though many grasses tolerate such stress, they won't be in the best of health and may be more susceptible to pests as a result.
Potted grasses can be grown as single specimens or with other plants in larger containers, such as with flowering annuals around the edge.
pss.uvm.edu /ppp/articles/orngrass.html   (503 words)

  
 Contra Costa County Guide Dog Raisers - Danger: foxtails!
Foxtail seeds can enter a dog's body in a variety of ways and once they enter, they are like a fish hook: The seed only wants to move forward, not backward.
Foxtail seeds in the ears, nose, and eyes are very serious and can ultimately be life-threatening if they are not treated promptly.
If a foxtail seed has been inhaled and lodged in the nasal cavity, the dog will sneeze repeatedly and violently, often banging their nose on the floor with each sneeze in a futile attempt to dislodge the seed.
www.cccgdr.com /resources/foxtails.htm   (552 words)

  
 Grassy Weed Control in Lawns
In summer, mow grasses as high as practical for the grass species in your lawn.
The seeds of summer annual grasses fall to the ground the previous autumn and germinate the following year, from midspring through midsummer.
Wait until the new grass is mowed three times before applying a pre-emergent herbicide.
www.ext.colostate.edu /pubs/garden/03101.html   (1148 words)

  
 issg Database: Ecology of Pennisetum ciliare   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
Buffel grass has a robust root system, its swollen stem base accumulates carbohydrate reserves, so the loss of leaf surface area after a fire or drought is not fatal to the plant and allows regrowth in favourable conditions.
The authors observe that buffel grass in Australia alters the fire regime by increasing horizontal fuel continuity and thus increase in frequency and extent of the fire.
Griffen (1993) observes that buffel grass was not reported as spreading in Australia until the 1970s, when high rainfall and floods lead to rapid colonisation along creeklines and alluvial flats.
www.issg.org /database/species/ecology.asp?si=846&fr=1&sts=sss   (1132 words)

  
 Millet Production
An annual grass, foxtail millet forms slender, erect, leafy stems varying in height from 1-5 ft. Seeds are borne in a spike-like, compressed panicle resembling yellow foxtail, green foxtail, or giant foxtail.
Foxtail millet is also used as a grain crop and for birdseed.
Japanese millet is grown principally as a forage grass.
lubbock.tamu.edu /othercrops/docs/nmsumilletprod.htm   (2635 words)

  
 Dog Owners' Guide to California Foxtails   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
Several other grasses can cause problems, too (like foxtail, they are all annuals, and worst in the late spring and summer).
The one with the nastiest name is ripgut grass (Bromus diandrus, left); it actually perforates the guts of cattle when they eat it, and can easily kill a dog, but it is much larger than foxtail and easier to see in the coat.
Ripgut grass is common on grassy hillsides, but not common in disturbed areas.
www.csupomona.edu /~jcclark/dogs/foxtails.html   (413 words)

  
 Jim Conrad's Natchez Naturalist Newsletter:
Foxtail grasses are known by their flowering parts, which are gloriously fuzzy with short, slender, soft bristles.
You especially notice foxtail grass when sunlight slants in low backlighting the fuzzy inflorescence, or it's a dewy morning with glistening dewdrops suspended in the fuzz.
In places foxtail was so thick in the fall that the combine couldn't get through it and those spots just had to be abandoned.
www.backyardnature.net /n/03/030907.htm   (1946 words)

  
 botany/hordeum   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
Commonly known as Squirreltail Grass and Foxtail Barley, it produces inflorescences somewhat similar to those of Barley, to which it is related.
This Grass is an annual or short-lived perennial and is mainly grown for its flowers that are dried and used for winter arrangements.
The Foxtail Barley grows 1 to 2 feet high with a spread of 1 foot.
www.botany.com /hordeum.html   (130 words)

  
 Ornamental Grass Seed List
Grass doesn't always have to be the type you mow down into a flat carpet of green.
Ornamental grasses like that pictured to the right are designed to fill portions of your landscape with lush wavy green wands, or interesting self controlled blades that hug closer to the ground.
Very similar to the Common Turkeyfoot grass, except this one grows only 5-6 ft. tall and has a rather weeping effect due to the large seed heads.
www.boldweb.com /greenweb/orngrass.htm   (1459 words)

  
 grasses
A bright lemon yellow grass which is vigorous and keeps it color will if not in full sun or too much shade.
Is a 4' to 5' grass which blooms in early September and has a deep burgandy color.
an unusual grass in that the mound of blades are low growing (10"), but the burgundy inflorescence shoots up on 6' almost-invisible stems and waves in the breeze in a weeping fashion.
www.growingperennials.com /grasses.shtml   (1637 words)

  
 ORNAMENTAL GRASSES FROM AROUND THE WORLD
In fall, the grass turns yellow and then burnt orange.
It is an ornamental grass growing about 3 ft. tall bearing white to gray hard shelled, pea-size seeds which suggest the name Job's Tears.
The hard seeds are very popular in Botanical Jewelry making and it is an attractive grass.
www.borghesegardens.com /orngrass.htm   (1344 words)

  
 Alopecurus - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
, or Foxtail Grass, is a genus of the grass family Poaceae with about 25 species.
Alopecurus arundinaceous - Reed Foxtail, Creeping Foxtail, Creeping Meadow Foxtail
Meadow Foxtail (Alepocurus pratensis) from Thomé, Flora von Deutschland, Österreich und der Schweiz 1885
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Alopecurus   (165 words)

  
 ImmunoCAP InVitroSight - Meadow foxtail   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
Meadow Foxtail is one of the first grasses to begin growth in the spring, and in mild climates it can grow throughout the winter season.
Meadow Foxtail grass contains at least 24 antigens, of which 12 have been shown to bind IgE antibodies in sera from patients with well-established allergic rhinitis(1).
In Norway, in 770 patients with seasonal and perennial nasal symptoms, pollens from Timothy, Meadow Foxtail, Meadow grass and Meadow Fescue were found to be very important causative factors(4).
www.immunocapinvitrosight.com /templates/Allergens.asp?id=1968   (364 words)

  
 GreenDealer Exotic Seeds of Ornamental Grasses
These clumping ornamental grass seeds are used in landscaping and in waterscaping.
A clumping, warm season grass growing to 7 ft. tall with leaves 3/4" wide and up to 24" long.
Clumping, evergreen grass with soft green leaves about a 3/4" wide x 8" long.
www.greendealer-exotic-seeds.com /seeds/OrnamentalGrasses.html   (1190 words)

  
 Country Life - Discussion Forum
Foxtail has not made much of anything even longer with the exception of pretty ground cover, for a wild grass..
I admit I don’t know these grasses individual food values, but to suggest two different grasses were the same bothered me. So while cutting hay today I took the time to grab a few stems and blossoms and laid them in my scanner.
Quack grass is considered and written up a noxious weed and the planting of it is outlawed in the State of Michigan.
www.kountrylife.com /cgi-bin/topic.cgi?bd=forum&th=141481   (904 words)

  
 Foxtail and wild Barley
In the fall, when grasses have grown long and lush, a playful run through a field could cause your dog or cat serious infection, irritation, and misery resulting in an emergency visit to the veterinarian.
In some species, such as foxtail grass, the awn is armed with barbs.
Foxtails and other grass awns can penetrate ANY body orifice (nostrils, mouth, ears, and genital area), your pet's underbelly, and between the toes.
www.thepetprofessor.com /articles/article.aspx?id=197   (727 words)

  
 Category:Grasses - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Articles and media on this topic in other Wikimedia projects can be found at: Commons Category Grasses
This category is for the true grasses, which are monocotyledonous plants in the family Poaceae.
There are about 600 genera and perhaps 10,000 species of grasses.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Category:Grasses   (101 words)

  
 Miscanthus sinensis 'Purpurescens’ - Foxtail Grass - Winter perennials article
The foliage of many ornamental grasses can be beautiful as well, especially covered with frost or ice.
Some, such as the Foxtail grasses (Pennisetum), are generally not hardy in our colder climate.
The Switch grasses (Panicum) are upright clumps, with one cultivar having reddish leaves ('Rotstrahlbush') and other new ones with bluish leaves (such as 'Cloud Nine' and 'Prairie Sky').
www.bluegrassgardens.com /article_001.htm   (890 words)

  
 Pennisetum, Fountain Grass
Fountain Grass is a graceful, elegant ornamental grass with plumes resembling bottle brushes appear that in summer.
It is suited for the residential landscape more than most other ornamental grasses because of its small size.
It is a cute, dwarf grass with fluffy, light pink bottlebrush blooms in late summer.
www.daytonnursery.com /Encyclopedia/Ornamental_Grass/Pennisetum.htm   (387 words)

  
 [No title]   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
Foxtail Buffalo Grass is, however, difficult to establish in clay soil, but once established, grows well.
This type of grass is palatable and is favoured by grazing herbivores.
The spikelets are surrounded by many wavy bristles which arise from a short stalk.
manyeleti.krugerpark.co.za /africa_foxtail_buffalo_grass.html   (165 words)

  
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Bor, N.L. The grasses of Burma, Ceylon, India and Pakistan, excluding Bambuseae.
Giant foxtail seeded at varioustimes in corn and soybeans.
Outcrossing and hybridization in wild and cultivated foxtail millets: consequences for the release of transgenic crops.
www.agron.iastate.edu /~weeds/WeedBiolLibrary/foxbib.html   (2338 words)

  
 ISSG Database: Search results   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
Chilean needle grass threatens the ecological integrity of affected natural ecosystems and also causes significant devastation in agricultural areas due to the reduction in pasture palatability and direct damage to stock.
Spartina alterniflora commonly known as smooth cord grass is a species that inhabits marsh habitat in its native range, where introduced It is known to establish itself in wave-protected mud and sand flats and grow very quickly into dense impenetrable stands.
Guinea grass is utilized as a forage grass in many different areas, and it's ability to tolerate a wide range of habitats make it a very productive species.
www.issg.org /database/species/search.asp?sts=sss&st=sss&fr=1&sn=&rn=&hci=-1&ei=168&x=40&y=5   (3408 words)

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