Gateshead Birders

Flora

Meadow Foxtail


Alopecurus pratensis

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Photo © Keith Robson
May 1990 Sunniside, Gateshead,

Frequent in lowland grassy areas and roadsides, likes rich damp ground.

Spikelets c 5 mm long. Spike 5-10 mm wide.

ID: Spikelets (excluding awn) > 4 mm. Spike a tight cylinder tapering at both ends. Hairs on glume's outside midrib ascending (see picture with ruler)

Other features: Typical tallish grass height, much taller than Marsh Foxtail. Spikelets one-flowered, lemma enclosed in glumes but awn protruding.

 

 

Photo © Keith Robson

 

Photo © Keith Robson


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