A PHOTO FLORA OF THE
DEVON AND CORNWALL PENINSULA

Grasses Subfamily Pooideae

Tribe Agrostideae  - Phalarideae

Tribe Agrostideae
Tribe includes Bents, Cat's-tails, Hare's-tails, Foxtails, Sand, Slough,
Marram, Beard, Nit-grasses and Small-reeds.
Agrostis capillaris - Common Bent
Meadowland grass. Co-op Trail, Estover - Derriford, Plymouth, Devon.
02.07.04 (Public Location) SX 502 592

Agrostis curtisii - Bristle Bent     colony
Throwleigh Moor, Throwleigh, Dartmoor National Park (North), Devon.
02.08.06 (Public Location)

Alopecurus geniculatus - Marsh Foxtail     close-up     ligule
Lower Merripit, nr. Postbridge, Dartmoor National Park, Devon.
02.07.06 (Public Footpath)

Alopecurus myosuroides - Slender Foxtail     close-up     ligule     plant
Warleigh Point Nature Reserve, Tamerton Foliot, Plymouth, Devon.
20.05.08 (Public Location)

Alopecurus pratensis - Meadow Foxtail     white
Plym Bridge (South), Plymouth, Devon. 16.05.04. (Public Location) SX 518 582

Ammophila arenaria - Marram-grass     habitat
Dawlish Warren National Nature Reserve, Devon.
27.06.04 (Public Location) SX 982 787

Calamagrostis epigejos - Wood Small-reed     close-up     very close-up     ligule
Storm water overflow pond. North of Brest Road, Crownhill, Plymouth, Devon.
17.07.07 (Public Location) SX498590

Lagurus ovatus - Hare's-tail     plants
Near Visitor Centre. Dawlish Warren National Nature Reserve, Dawlish Warren, Devon.
26.05.06 (Public Location)

Phleum arenarium - Sand Cat's-tail
Dune Ridge. Dawlish Warren National Nature Reserve, Dawlish Warren, Devon.
26.05.06 (Public Location)

Phleum bertolonii - Smaller Cat's-tail     ligule
Wasteland. Boringdon Park, Plymouth, Devon. 24.06.07 (Private Location)

Phleum pratense - Common Cat's-tail / Timothy     ligule
Co-op Trail, Estover - Derriford, Plymouth, Devon.
29.06.04 (Public Location) SX 503 593

Polypogon monspeliensis - Annual Beard-grass
ligule     dried     colony (Chelson Meadow)
Wet heat and pool margins. Bovey Tracey Heath, DWT Reserve, Bovey Tracey, Devon.
24.06.05 (Public Location)

Polypogon viridis - Water Bent (Alien)     close-up
Wixenford Quarry, Wixenford, Plymouth, Devon. 10.08.06 (Public Location)

Tribe Aveneae - Tribe includes Hair, Soft and Oat-grasses.
Aira caryophyllea - Silver Hair-grass
On slate scree. Nr. Can Quarry, Plym Bridge, Plymouth, Devon.
22.05.07 (Public Location)

Aira praecox - Early Hair-grass     close-up
On slate scree. Nr. Can Quarry, Plym Bridge, Plymouth, Devon.
22.05.07 (Public Location)

Arrhenatherum elatius - False Oat-Grass     close-up     ligule
Wasteland. Near Ski Centre, Leigham, Plymouth, Devon. 02.06.07 (Public Location)

Avena fatua - Wild Oat
Blunts Lane Allotments, Estover, Plymouth, Devon.
06.07.04 (Private Location) SX 503 592

Avena sativa - Oat     plant
Ocean Street Allotments, Keyham, Plymouth, Devon. 20.06.06 (Private Location)

Deschampsia cespitosa - Tufted Hair-grass     leaf     ligule
Near pond, Forder Valley LNR, Leigham, Plymouth, Devon. 28.06.07 (Public Location)

Deschampsia sp. -  probably Wavy Hair-grass - Deschampsia flexuosa,
or Tufted Hair-grass - Deschampsia cespitosa
Wet moorland, Cadover Bridge, nr. Plymouth. 01.07.04.  (Public Location) SX 556 646

Helictotrichon pubescens - Downy Oat
Limestone grassland. Long Quarry Point, Babbacombe, Torquay.
04.06.05 (Public Location)

Holcus lanatus - Yorkshire Fog     close-up     ligule     colour forms
Wasteland. Boringdon Park, Plympton, Plymouth, Devon. 26.05.07 (Private Location)

Holcus mollis - Creeping Soft-grass
Wet moorland, Cadover Bridge, Dartmoor National Park, nr. Plymouth.
01.07.04 (Public Location) SX 556 646

Rostraria cristata - Mediterranean Hair-grass (Alien)
Wasteground. Millbay Docks, Millbay, Plymouth, Devon. 03.09.06 (Public Location)

Tribe Brachypodieae - False Bromes.
Brachypodium sylvaticum - Wood False-brome     leaves
Co-op Trail, Estover - Derriford, Plymouth, Devon. 26.08.04 (Public Location)

Tribe Bromeae - Bromes.
Anisantha diandra - Great Brome     close-up     ligule
Wasteland. Boringdon Park, Plympton, Plymouth, Devon. 01.07.07 (Private Location)

Anisantha madritensis - Compact Brome (Alien)     dried     plant
Wasteground. Millbay Docks, Millbay, Plymouth, Devon. 03.09.06 (Public Location)

Anisantha sterilis - Barren Brome     close-up
Wasdale Gardens, Estover, Plymouth, Devon. 03.07.07 (Private Location)

Bromopsis ramosa - Hairy Brome     close-up
Billacombe Down, Billacombe, Plymouth, Devon. 06.06.06 (Public Location)

Bromus hordeaceus ssp. ferronii - Soft Brome
Coastal grassland. Bolberry Down, nr. Salcombe, Devon. 02.06.06 (Public Location)

Bromus hordeaceus ssp. hordeaceus - Soft Brome     close-up     ligule
Pathway along Plym, Longbridge, Plymouth, Devon. 26.05.07 (Public Location)

Ceratochloa cathartica syn. Bromus cathartica - Rescue Brome (Alien)     spikelets
Rough ground beside causeway. Ernesettle Creek, Plymouth, Devon.
23.07.06 (Public Location)

Tribe Eragrostideae - Beetle, Love, Yard, Button-grasses and Dropseeds.
Eragrostis curvula - African Love-grass (Alien)
Wasdale Gardens, Estover, Plymouth, Devon. 03.07.07 (Private Location)

Tribe Hainardieae - Hard-grasses.
Parapholis strigosa - Hard-grass     plant
Maritime / saltmarsh. Hooe lake, Hooe, Plymouth, Devon. 28.06.05 (Public Location)

Tribe Meliceae - Tribe includes Sweet-grasses and Melicks.
Glyceria fluitans - Floating Sweet-grass     close-up     leaves     habitat
Pond. Smallhanger Waste, nr. Sparkwell, Devon. 08.07.06 (Public Location)

Melica uniflora - Wood Melick
Woodland. Plym Bridge (South), Plymouth, Devon. 18.04.07 (Public Location)

Tribe Nardeae - Mat-grass.
Nardus stricta - Mat-grass
Moorland. Raven's Drinking, East of Braeah Tor, Bodmin Moor, Cornwall.
25.06.05 (Public Location)

Tribe Phalarideae - Tribe includes Holy, Vernal and Canary-grasses.
Anthoxanthum odoratum - Sweet Vernal-grass     leaves
Grassland. Efford Marsh LNR, Plymouth, Devon. 10.06.05 (Public Location)

Phalaris arundinacea - Reed Canary-grass     leaf base     plants
Impham Meadow, Morwell, below Gunnislake, Devon. 27.07.06 (Private Location)

Phalaris arundinacea 'Picta' - Gardener's Garters (Garden Escape)     leaf
Wasteground. Boringdon Park, Plympton, Plymouth, Devon. 24.06.07 (Private Location)

Phalaris canariensis - Canary-grass (Alien)
close-up     ligule     dried     plants     colony
Chelson Meadow Refuse Site, Plymouth, Devon. 14.08.06 (Strictly Private Location)

Also see Grasses -
Subfamily Pooideae (2) Tribe Poeae - Triticeae

Subfamilies Arundinoideae, Bambusoideae,
Chloridoideae and Panicoideae

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