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Subfamilies
Arundinoideae, Bambusoideae,
Chloridoideae and Panicoideae

Subfamily Arundinoideae
Tribe Arundineae
Tribe includes Heath, Purple Moor, Pampass-grass and Common Reed.
Cortaderia selloana - Pampas-grass (Alien)     older plant (nr. Brixton, Devon)
Quarry bottom. Hemerdon Heights, Hemerdon, nr. Plymouth, Devon. 13.07.05


Danthonia decumbens - Heath-grass
Pizwell Bridge, nr. Postbridge, Dartmoor National Park, Devon.
02.07.06 (Public Footpath)


Molinia caerulea - Purple Moor-grass     close-up     plants
Moorland. Smallhanger Down, Hemerdon, nr. Plympton, Devon.
20.07.06 (Public Location)


Phragmites australis - Common Reed     flowers 31.08.04
Plym Bridge (South), Plymouth, Devon. 16.05.04 (Public Location) SX 520 585

Subfamily Bambusoideae
Tribe Bambuseae - Bamboos.
Pseudosasa japonica - Arrow Bamboo (Alien)    leaf     cane
Relic of cultivation. Cann Woods, Tamerton Foliot, Plymouth, Devon.
25.09.06 (Public Location)


Sasa palmata - Broad-leaved Bamboo (Alien)     leaf upperside     leaf underside
The Andy Stevens Local Nature Reserve, Cann Woods, Tamerton Foliot, Plymouth,
Devon. 01.08.06 (Public Location)


Subfamily Chloridoideae
Tribe Cynodonteae
Tribe includes Rhodes, Bermuda, Bur and Cord-grasses.
Spartina anglica - Common Cord-grass
High tide zone. St. John's Lake, St. John's, Torpoint, Cornwall.
16.07.05 (Public Location)

Spartina x townsendii - Townsend's Cord-grass    habitat
(Spartina alterniflora x S. maritima) = S. x townsendii
Saltmarsh, high tide zone, Ernesettle Creek, Plymouth. 08.07.04 (Public Location) SX 448 606


Subfamily Panicoideae
Tribe Andropogoneae
Tribe includes Johnson-grass, Great Millet and Maize.
Sorghum halepense - Johnson-grass (Alien)     close-up     leaf base     leaf
Bakers Field, Ernesettle, Plymouth, Devon. 08.09.06 (Private Location) SX 451 592


Zea mays - Maize / Corn (Alien)     male flowers     female flowers
Crop. Nr. Steer Point, Brixton, Devon. 25.07.06 (Private Location)


Tribe Paniceae
Tribe includes Millets, Cockspurs, Signal, Finger and Bristle-grasses.
Digitaria sanguinalis - Hairy Finger-grass (Alien)     close-up     hairy sheath     plants
Tavistock Bus Station, Tavistock, Devon. 04.08.06 (Public Location)

Echinochloa colona - Shama Millet (Alien)     close-up
Wasteground. Boringdon Park, Plympton, Plymouth, Devon.
30.09.06 (Private Location)


Echinochloa crus-galli - Cockspur (Alien)     close-up
Tavistock Bus Station, Tavistock, Devon. 04.08.06 (Public Location)

Echinochloa esculenta (syn. E. utilis) - Japanese Millet (Alien)
close-up     leaf     plants
Wasteground. Boringdon Park, Plympton, Plymouth, Devon.
01.10.06 (Private Location)

Panicum capillare - Witch-grass
stem, leaves and hairs     silhouette (grey scale)     habitat
Path edge. Ford Park Cemetry, Ford Park, Plymouth, Devon.
15.07.07 (Public Location)

Panicum miliaceum - Common / Proso Millet (Alien)     stem hairs     ligule
Wasteground. Boringdon Park, Plympton, Plymouth, Devon. 27.08.06

Panicum miliaceum - Common / Proso Millet - purple form (Alien)   
leaf    lf. close-up    plant
Churchtown Farm Nature Reserve (CWT), Saltash, Cornwall.
03.09.05 (Public Location)


Setaria italica - Green Bristle-grass / Foxtail Millet (Alien) ?     plant
Blunts Lane Allotments, Estover, Plymouth, Devon.
26.08.05 (Private Location) SX 503 592

Setaria pumila - Yellow Bristle-grass (Alien)     close-up     stem close-up     plant
Near log pile, Saltram Point, Saltram House Estate, Plymouth, Devon.
07.08.06 (Public Location)

Setaria viridis - Green Bristle-grass (Alien)     plants
Ker Street, Devonport, Plymouth, Devon. 14.07.06 (Public Location)


Also see Grasses -
Subfamily Pooideae (1) Tribe Agrostideae  - Phalarideae

Subfamily Pooideae (2) Tribe Poeae - Triticeae

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