The scientific classification of Foxtail Grass and Gayfeather 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 Gayfeather kingdom and all other plants kingdom is Plantaea.
Plant family is the group of plants which have something in common. Foxtail Grass and Gayfeather family is a major factor of Foxtail Grass and Gayfeather 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 Gayfeather belongs to the family Asteraceae.
While comparing scientific classification, Foxtail Grass and Gayfeather genus and other classification are also important. Also, when you compare Foxtail Grass and Gayfeather, 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 Liatris. Foxtail Grass tribe is Not Available and Gayfeather tribe is Eupatorieae. Foxtail Grass clade is Not Available and order is Cyperales whereas Gayfeather clade is Angiosperms, Asterids and Eudicots and order is Asterales. Every plant have subfamilies. Foxtail Grass subfamilies are, Not Available and Gayfeather subfamilies are Asteroideae. In this way you can compare scientific classification of Foxtail Grass and Gayfeather and other products also.