Setaria verticillata

Native Names

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Description

Foxtails are summer annual grasses and are common in northern California growing areas. Mature foxtail plants are 1 to 3 feet (30 - 90 cm) tall, with branching and some spreading at their bases. Leaf blades are 4 to 15 inches (10 - 37.5 cm) long, and most have a spiral twist. Flower heads are dense spikes with yellow to reddish bristles or green to purplish bristles, depending on species.



Location and Habitat

Foxtails are usually found in wastelands and gardens. It adapts to many kinds of soil, including those that contain loam, clay, silt, or gravel. some other place are weedy meadows, degraded savannas, gravel bars in rivers, banks of drainage canals, fallow fields, cropland, landfills, mined land, construction sites, vacant lots, junk yards, sunny fence rows, edges of yards, gardens, areas along railroads, roadsides, and waste land. Areas with a history of disturbance are strongly preferred. Foxtails are found everywhere on the rez.

Uses
Foxtail is moderately palatable and conidered fair forage when rapidly growing however, it becomes unpalatable upon maturity and has poor forage value thereafter.Seeds provide food, and plants provide cover for upland gamebird and songbrids.

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