A PHOTO FLORA OF THE
DEVON AND CORNWALL PENINSULA

Grasses Subfamily Pooideae

Tribe Poeae - Triticeae

Tribe Poeae
Tribe includes Fescues, Dog's Tails, Cock's Foot, Meadow, Quaking, Saltmarsh,
Fern and Rye-grasses.
Briza maxima - Greater Quaking-grass     close-up     ligule     plant
Off Co-op Trail, Derriford, Plymouth, Devon. 19.07.04 (Private Location) SX 498 590

Briza media - Quaking-grass
Limestone grassland. Long Quarry, Babbacombe, Torbay, Devon.
04.06.05 (Public Location)

Catapodium marinum - Darnel Fescue / Sea Fern-grass
Limestone Cliff. Plymouth Hoe, Plymouth, Devon. 05.05.05 (Public Location)

Catapodium rigidum - Hard Poa / Fern-grass
Railway Station, St. Budeaux, Plymouth, Devon. 10.05.05 (Public Location)

Cynosurus cristatus - Crested Dog's Tail     close-up
Riverbank. Ernesettle Creek, Plymouth, Devon. 23.07.06 (Public Location)

Dactylis glomerata - Cock's-foot     ligule
Grassland. Estover Industrial Estate, Estover, Plymouth, Devon.
14.05.04 (Public Location)

Festuca arundinacea - Tall Fescue     leaves
Riverbank. River Otter, Ottery St. Mary (South), nr. Exeter, Devon.
24.09.06 (Public Location)

Festuca gigantea - Giant Fescue     close-up     leaf     ligule     plant base
Plym Bridge Woods (NT), Plymouth, Devon. 26.07.07 (Public Location)

Festuca longifolia - Blue Fescue     sward
Coastal grassland. Bolberry Down, nr. Salcombe, Devon. 02.06.06 (Public Location)

Festuca ovina - Sheep's Fescue     leaves
Limestone grassland. Long Quarry, Babbacombe, Torquay, Devon.
04.06.05 (Public Location)

Festuca rubra - Red Fescue     leaves
Limestone grassland. Long Quarry , Babbacombe, Torquay, Devon.
04.06.05 (Public Location)

Festuca rubra subsp. juncea - Red Fescue     plant
Between rocks, Season Point, nr. Wembury, Devon. 30.06.07 (Public Location)

Festuca sp. - Fescue
Cann Woods, Plym Bridge, Plymouth, Devon. 01.09.04 (Public Location)

Lolium multiflorum - Italian Rye Grass (Alien)     close-up     ligule
Wasteland. Boringdon Park, Plympton, Plymouth, Devon. 28.05.07 (Private Location)

Lolium perenne - Perennial Rye Grass     close-up
Wasteland. Boringdon Park, Plympton, Plymouth, Devon. 28.05.07 (Private Location)

Lolium perenne - Perennial Rye Grass (abnormal branched form)     close-up
Wasteland. Boringdon Park, Plympton, Plymouth, Devon. 01.07.07 (Private Location)

Poa annua - Annual Meadow-grass
Plym Bridge (South), Plymouth, Devon. 20.06.04 (Public Location)

Poa humilis - Spreading Meadow-grass     close-up     spikelet     ligule
Crack in brickwork. Cann Viaduct, Plym Bridge, Plymouth, Devon.
20.05.07 (Public Location)

Poa nemoralis - Wood Meadow-grass
Woodland. Cycletrack, Plym Bridge, Plymouth, Devon. 20.05.07 (Public Location)

Poa pratensis - Smooth Meadow-grass     ligule     plant
Crack in brickwork. Cann Viaduct, Plym Bridge, Plymouth, Devon.
20.05.07 (Public Location)

Vulpia bromoides - Squirrel-tail Fescue     dried
Wimalford, nr. Bolventor, Bodmin Moor, Cornwall. 19.07.06 (Private Location)

Vulpia myuros - Rat's-tail Fescue     close-up
Crack in brickwork. Cann Viaduct, Plym Bridge, Plymouth, Devon.
20.05.07 (Public Location)

Tribe Stipeae
Anemanthele lessoniana (syn. Stipa arundinacea) - New Zealand Wind Grass (Alien)    closer
Kerb. Wasdale Gardens, Estover, Plymouth, Devon. 03.10.06 (Public Location)

Milium effusum - Wood Millet     close-up     ligule
Woodland. Plym Bridge, Plymouth, Devon. 22.05.07 (Public Location)

Tribe Triticeae
Tribe includes Couches, Barleys, Ryes, Wheats and Lyme-grasses.
Elytrigia atherica - Sea Couch     close-up     leaf base     plant
River Lynher estuary, Antony Passage, Saltash, Cornwall. 3
0.06.04 (Public Location) SX 412 572

Elytrigia juncea ssp. boreoatlantica - Sand Couch     close-up     habitat
Dawlish Warren NNR, Dawlish Warren, Devon. 23.06.06 (Public Location)

Elytrigia repens syn. Agropyron repens - Common Couch     ligule     root
Blunts Lane Allotments, Estover, Plymouth, Devon.
15.06.06 (Private Location) SX 503 592

Hordeum distichon - Barley / Two-rowed Barley -1
Arable Crop. Brownstone Farm, nr. Kingswear, Devon. 13.06.07 (Public Location)

Hordeum distichon - Two-rowed Barley -2     close-up     ligule
Wasteland. Boringdon Park, Plympton, Plymouth, Devon. 28.05.07 (Private Location)

Hordeum murinum - Wall Barley     ligule     plants
Wasteland. Boringdon Park, Plympton, Plymouth, Devon. 28.05.07 (Private Location)

x Triticosecale - Triticale
Churchtown Farm Nature Reserve (CWT), Saltash, Cornwall. 11.06.06 (Public Location)

Triticum aestivum - Bread Wheat
Weed of cultivation. Wasdale Gardens, Estover, Plymouth, Devon.
05.06.06 (Public Location)

Also see Grasses -
Subfamily Pooideae (2) Tribe Agrostideae  - Phalarideae

Subfamilies Arundinoideae, Bambusoideae,
Chloridoideae and Panicoideae

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