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Grasses of Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire

This guide covers about eighty grasses found in the three counties of Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire, UK.

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Crested Dog's-tail 1
Cynosurus cristatus
Cock's-foot 1
Dactylis glomerata
Annual Meadow-grass 1
Poa annua
Soft Brome 1
Bromus hordeaceus
Yorkshire Fog 1
Holcus lanatus
Perennial Rye-grass 1
Lolium perenne
Rough Meadow-grass 1
Poa trivialis
Tall Fescue 1
Schedonorus arundinaceus
Common Bent-grass 1
Agrostis capillaris
Red Fescue 1
Festuca rubra
Timothy 1
Phleum pratense
Creeping Bent-grass 1
Agrostis stolonifera
Smooth Meadow-grass 1
Poa pratensis
False oat-grass 1
Arrhenatherum elatius
Wall Barley 1
Hordeum murinum
Meadow Foxtail 1
Alopecurus pratensis
Sweet Vernal Grass 1
Anthoxanthum odoratum
Couch Grass 1
Elymus repens
Tufted Hair-grass 1
Deschampsia caespitosa
Darnel 1
Lolium temulentum
Wood Melick 1
Melica uniflora
Meadow Fescue 2
Schedonorus pratensis
Hairy-brome 1
Bromopsis ramosa
Bearded Couch 1
Elymus caninus
Upright Brome 1
Bromopsis erecta
Wild-oat 1
Avena fatua
Sterile Brome 1
Anisantha sterilis
Black Grass 1
Alopecurus myosuroides
Wood Meadow-grass 1
Poa nemoralis
Velvet Bent 3
Agrostis canina
Smooth Meadow-brome 4
Bromus racemosus
Orange Foxtail 1
Alopecurus aequalis
Italian Rye-grass 1
Lolium multiflorum
Marsh Foxtail 1
Alopecurus geniculatus
Meadow-brome 1
Bromus commutatus
Fern grass 1
Catapodium rigidum
Black Bent 5
Agrostis gigantea
Purple Moor-grass 1
Molinia caerulea
Flattened Meadow-grass 6
Poa compressa
Annual Beard-grass 1
Polypogon monspeliensis
Green Bristle-grass 1
Setaria viridis
Rye-brome 1
Bromus secalinus
Bristle Bent 7
Agrostis curtisii
Crested Hair-grass 1
Koeleria macrantha
Meadow Barley 1
Hordeum secalinum
Spreading Meadow-grass 8
Poa humilis
Golden Oat 1
Trisetum flavescens
Creeping soft-grass 1
Holcus mollis
Brown Bent 9
Agrostis vinealis
Wood Millet 10
Milium effusum
Wood Small-reed 1
Calamagrostis epigejos
Giant Fescue 1
Schedonorus giganteus
Lesser Hairy-brome 1
Bromopsis benekenii
Wood False-brome 1
Brachypodium sylvaticum
Purple Small-reed 11
Calamagrostis canescens
Wood Barley 1
Hordelymus europaeus
Slender Soft-brome 1
Bromus lepidus
Early Hair-grass 1
Aira praecox
Heath-grass 1
Danthonia decumbens
Early Meadow-grass 12
Poa infirma
Narrow-leaved Meadow-grass 1
Poa angustifolia
Silver Hair-grass 1
Aira caryophyllea
California brome 1
Ceratochloa carinata
Wavy Hair-grass 1
Deschampsia flexuosa
Lesser Cat's-tail 1
Phleum bertolonii
Squirrel-tail Fescue 1
Vulpia bromoides
Rat's-tail Fescue 1
Vulpia myuros
Tor-grass 1
Brachypodium rupestre
Quaking-grass 1
Briza media
Fine-leaved Fescue 1
Festuca filiformis
Blue Fescue 13
Festuca longifolia
Sheep's Fescue 1
Festuca ovina
Reed Canary-grass 1
Phalaris arundinacea
Cockspur 1
Echinochloa crus-galli
Salt-marsh grass 1
Puccinellia distans
Small Sweet-grass 1
Glyceria declinata
Floating Sweet-grass 1
Glyceria fluitans
Reed Sweet-grass 1
Glyceria maxima
Plicate Sweet-grass 1
Glyceria notata
Meadow Oat-grass 14
Helictotrichon pratense
Downy oat-grass 1
Avenula pubescens
Water-whorl Grass 2
Catabrosa aquatica
Common Reed 1
Phragmites australis
Dense Silky-Bent 1
Apera interrupta
Loose Silky-Bent 1
Apera spica-venti

Edited by Ruth Ripley, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

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