"Timothy hay" redirects here. For the author who used Timothy Hay as a pen name, see
Margaret Wise Brown.
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| Habitus
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| Scientific classification
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| Kingdom:
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Plantae
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| Clade:
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Tracheophytes
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| Clade:
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Angiosperms
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Monocots
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| Clade:
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Commelinids
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| Order:
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Poales
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Poaceae
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Pooideae
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| Genus:
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Phleum
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| Species:
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P. pratense
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| Binomial name
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Phleum pratense
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| Synonyms
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- Achnodonton bulbosum (Gouan) J.Woods
- Phleum alpinum subsp. trabutii Litard. & Maire
- Phleum bertolonii subsp. trabutii (Litard. & Maire) Kerguélen
- Phleum brachystachyum (Salis) Gamisans, A.T.Romero & C.Morales
- Phleum bulbosum Gouan
- Phleum deckeri Roem. ex Trin.
- Phleum fallax Janka
- Phleum maximum Pryor
- Phleum microstachyum Ruiz ex Nyman
- Phleum nodosum L.
- Phleum parnassicum Boiss. & Heldr. ex Nyman
- Phleum pratense subsp. brachystachyum (Salis) Gamisans
- Phleum pratense f. elongatum (Schur) Serb. & Nyár.
- Phleum pratense f. fallax (Janka) Serb. & Nyár.
- Phleum pratense subsp. microstachyum (Ruiz ex Nyman) Malag.
- Phleum pratense subsp. nodosum (L.) Dumort.
- Phleum pratense subsp. roshevitzii (Pavlov) Tzvelev
- Phleum pratense var. stoloniferum (Host) Rchb.
- Phleum pratense subsp. trabutii (Litard. & Maire) Kerguélen
- Phleum pratense subsp. vulgare Asch. & Graebn.
- Phleum roshevitzii Pavlov
- Phleum stoloniferum Host
- Phleum trabutii (Litard. & Maire) Rivas Mart., A.Asensi, Molero Mesa & F.Valle
- Phleum tuberosum Panz. ex Trin.
- Phleum villosum Opiz
- Phleum vulgare Chase & Niles
- Plantinia pratensis (L.) Bubani
- Stelephuros pratensis (L.) Lunell
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Timothy (Phleum pratense) is a species of perennial grass native to most of Europe and northern and western Asia. It is also known as timothy-grass, meadow cat's-tail or common cat's-tail. It is a member of the genus Phleum, which consists of 17 species of annual and perennial grasses.
It is probably named after Timothy Hanson, an American farmer and agriculturalist said to have introduced it from New England to the southern United States in the early 18th century. Upon his recommendation it became a major source of hay and cattle fodder to British farmers in the mid-18th century.
Timothy has now become naturalised throughout most of North America, eastern Asia, southern South America, and Australasia.