green foxtail USDA PLANTS Symbol: SEVI4
U.S. Nativity: Exotic
Habit: Grass or Grasslike
Setaria viridis (L.) Beauv.

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Taxonomic Rank: Liliopsida: Cyperales: Poaceae
Synonym(s): green bristlegrass, bottle grass, green bristle grass, pigeongrass, wild millet
Native Range: Africa, Asia, Europe ()

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Plant(s); whole plants showing flower spikes
Dave Powell, USDA Forest Service (retired), Bugwood.org
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Plant(s); Along roadside
Chris Evans, University of Illinois, Bugwood.org
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Infestation;
Great Smoky Mountains National Park Resource Management , USDI National Park Service, Bugwood.org
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Feature(s);
John D. Byrd, Mississippi State University, Bugwood.org
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Plant(s);
Steve Dewey, Utah State University, Bugwood.org
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Flower(s); inflorescence.
Joseph M. DiTomaso, University of California - Davis, Bugwood.org
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Stem(s); collar and sheath.
Joseph M. DiTomaso, University of California - Davis, Bugwood.org
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Stem(s);
Bruce Ackley, The Ohio State University, Bugwood.org
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Floret(s); Florets in ventral view.
D. Walters and C. Southwick, USDA, Bugwood.org
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Spikelet(s); Spikelets. Most in dorsal view showing edges of lower glume (at bottom), upper glume, and a bit of fertile lemma.
D. Walters and C. Southwick, USDA, Bugwood.org
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EDDMapS Distribution:
This map is incomplete and is based only on current site and county level reports made by experts and records obtained from USDA Plants Database. For more information, visit www.eddmaps.org
 


State List
This map identifies those states that list this species on their invasive species list or law.

U.S. National Parks where reported invasive:
Badlands National Park (South Dakota)
Chiricahua National Monument (Arizona)
Stones River National Battlefield (Tennessee)



Invasive Listing Sources:
Jil M. Swearingen, Survey of invasive plants occurring on National Park Service lands, 2000-2007
Kentucky Exotic Pest Plant Council
Pacific Northwest Exotic Pest Plant Council, 1998
WeedUS - Database of Plants Invading Natural Areas in the United States