Alopecurus creticus, the Cretan meadow foxtail, is a species of foxtail grass. It is often confused with meadow foxtail ("Alopecurus pratensis"). The grasses are diverse, including meadow foxtail, red fescue, sweet vernal grass and Yorkshire fog. Both meadows include grasses such Meadow Foxtail, Yorkshire Fog, Crested Dog's-tail and Cocksfoot. The grassland included meadow foxtail and great burnet and supports a rich flora. It is also known as slender meadow foxtail, black-grass, twitch grass, and black twitch. Meadow foxtail has a cylindrical inflorescence with glumes about wide and spikelets about long. Timothy flowers later, from June until August, whereas meadow foxtail flowers from April until June. Timothy grass can be confused with meadow foxtail ("Alopecurus pratensis") and purple-stem cat's-tail ("Phleum phleoides").