Group: Spermatophytina (Spermatophytes) 
                Family: Poaceae (Grass family)
                Genus: Phleum (Timothy)
            
                
                    
                        Phleum pratense L. - Timothy
                    
                    
                
                    
                        Phleum nodosum L. - Smaller Cat's-Tail
                    
                    
                
                    
                        Phleum alpinum L. - Alpine Cat's-Tail
                    
                    
                
                    
                        Phleum rhaeticum (Humphries) Rauschert - Alpine Cat's-Tail
                    
                    
                
                    
                        Phleum phleoides (L.) H. Karst. - Purple-Stem Cat's-Tail
                    
                    
                
                    
                        Phleum arenarium L. - Sand Cat's-Tail
                    
                    
                
                    
                        Phleum hirsutum Honck. - Hairy Cat's-Tail
                    
                    
                
                    
                        Phleum paniculatum Huds. - Panicled Cat's-Tail
                    
                    
                
            
                           
                                10–30 cm tall, perennial. inflorescence: 
                            
                        The colours represent the floristic status of the species in the respective region. Green indicates native occurrences, light green naturalized occurrences. Adventive occurrences are represented by light yellow shades and plants that are cultivated (but rarely occur in the wild) are dark yellow. Grey colours are used, if the floristic status of species is unknown or uncertain.
                            
                        | Natural, established occurences | Artificial occurences | 
                                The color intensity reflects the species' abundance
                                
                                
                                Data: Floristische Kartierung Deutschlands (Stand 2013), Bundesamt für Naturschutz (www.floraweb.de)
                            
                            
                        
                        
                    
                
                    
                
                    
                
            extensively used or natural grassland, dwarf shrub heaths