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timothy				More photos…
Phleum pratense

Taxonomy	Family:	Poaceae (grass)
	No Rank:	BEP clade
	Subfamily:	Pooideae
	Tribe:	Poeae
	Subtribe:	Alopecurinae

Nativity	Native to northern Africa, Asia, and Europe. Introduced and naturalized in the United States.
Status
Habitat
Flowering	June to July
Height	20″ to 40″

Identification

Similar Species	Timothy is similar in appearance to the foxtails. The flowering spike of timothy is less tapered at the tip and base, giving it parallel sides for more than 90% of its length.

Range			Sources: 2, 3, 5, 7.

Sightings	Blue Mounds State Park Carver Park Reserve Cottonwood River Prairie SNA Crow-Hassan Park Reserve Des Moines River Prairie SNA Elm Creek Park Reserve Glynn Prairie SNA Hayes Lake State Park Hole-in-the-Mountain Prairie Hythecker Prairie SNA Kasota Prairie SNA Kellogg-Weaver Dunes SNA Weaver Dunes Unit Lake Elmo Park Reserve Lake Rebecca Park Reserve Lost Valley Prairie SNA Louisville Swamp Lutsen SNA			Mille Lacs Kathio State Park Mound Spring Prairie SNA Myhr Creek Ridge SNA Myre-Big Island State Park Old Mill State Park Ordway Prairie Oronoco Prairie SNA Osmundson Prairie SNA Pine Bend Bluffs SNA Racine Prairie SNA Red Rock Prairie Rice Lake Savanna SNA River Terrace Prairie SNA Rock Ridge Prairie SNA Rushford Sand Barrens SNA Spring Beauty Northern Hardwoods SNA Two Rivers Aspen Prairie Parkland SNA Uncas Dunes SNA Wild Indigo Prairie SNA Wild River State Park Zimmerman Prairie

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Synonyms	Phleum nodosum Phleum pratense ssp. nodosum Phleum pratense var. nodosum

Common Names	common timothy Herd’s grass meadow cat’s-tail timothy

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