The scientific classification of Foxtail Grass and Alpine Heath includes the entire classification chart that includes kingdom, family, clade, tribe etc. A kingdom is the second highest taxonomic rank. A taxonomic rank is the level that a living organisms are placed in hierarchical level of arrangement of life forms. All the living organisms are divided into kingdoms. Plant kingdom is a main classification of living organisms that include all plants. There are six kingdoms which are: Plantae, Animalia, Fungi, Protista, Aschaea/Archaeabacteria and Bacteria Eubacteria. Foxtail Grass and Alpine Heath kingdom and all other plants kingdom is Plantaea.
Plant family is the group of plants which have something in common. Foxtail Grass and Alpine Heath family is a major factor of Foxtail Grass and Alpine Heath Scientific Classification. Plant family helps you narrow the search of your plants. It also gives you idea about, how the plant looks, how the seed will be like etc. These two plant families can be different or same. Foxtail Grass belongs to the family Poaceae and Alpine Heath belongs to the family Ericaceae.
While comparing scientific classification, Foxtail Grass and Alpine Heath genus and other classification are also important. Also, when you compare Foxtail Grass and Alpine Heath, other factors should also be taken into considerations like order, subfamilies, tribe, clade etc. First plant's genus is Alopecurus and other plant's genus is Erica. Foxtail Grass tribe is Not Available and Alpine Heath tribe is Ericeae. Foxtail Grass clade is Not Available and order is Cyperales whereas Alpine Heath clade is Angiosperms, Asterids and Eudicots and order is Ericales. Every plant have subfamilies. Foxtail Grass subfamilies are, Not Available and Alpine Heath subfamilies are Ericoideae. In this way you can compare scientific classification of Foxtail Grass and Alpine Heath and other products also.