Found in:

• Lawns and landscape beds

Characteristics:

• Annual grass that grows rapidly during warm weather (summer)
• Growing habit is clump type; somewhat loose and open
• Green Foxtail –leaf blade is flat to V-shaped, without hairs and may be rough to the touch
• Yellow Foxtail – leaf is flat to V-shaped, twisted in a loose spiral, distinctive long hairs near stem attachment, otherwise hairless
• Giant Foxtail – blade is linear, slightly hairy on upper surface; flowers are often nodding
• Flowers on all species are cylindrical and spike-like; said to resemble a fox’s tail

Significance

• Giant Foxtail (Setaria faberi) is a Minnesota Secondary Noxious Weed
• Maintain minimum 2 1/2 - 3” mowing height and good turfgrass density
• Causes mouth blisters in horses

Plants that look similar:

• Barnyardgrass
• Large Crabgrass
• Smooth Crabgrass

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