At Liangchengzhen, rice, foxtail millet, broomcorn millet and wheat were grown. Finger millet, proso millet, and foxtail millet are also important crop species. The grains are barley, rice, bean, millet, and foxtail millet. The remains of rice, broomcorn millet, and foxtail millet were discovered at Houli sites. The inhabitants of Jiahu cultivated foxtail millet and rice. It is the wild antecedent of the crop foxtail millet. Later in the period they cultivated foxtail millet and rice. Foxtail millet likely reached Southeast Asia via multiple routes. Foxtail millet has also been grown in India since antiquity. Dumplings made from foxtail millet have been found in archeological Satsumon remains discovered in Atsuma. Some grasses that produce a foxtail are themselves called "foxtail", also "spear grass". The reference genome for foxtail millet was completed in 2012. Right below the timberline, in the Hudsonian zone, the whitebark, foxtail, and silver pines grow. Evidence at "Cishan" for foxtail millet dates back to around 8,700 years ago. Specific epithet means like a foxtail grass.