Pictorial guide to the flora of the British Isles

Poaceae / Gramineae

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1. Agrostis avenacea J. F. Gmel. – blown-grass
2. Agrostis canina L. – velvet bent
3. Agrostis capillaris L. – common bent
4. Agrostis castellana Boiss. & Reut. – highland bent
5. Agrostis curtisii Kerguélen – bristle bent
6. Agrostis gigantea Roth – black bent
7. Agrostis lachnantha Nees – African bent
8. Agrostis scabra Willd. – rough bent
9. Agrostis stolonifera L. – creeping bent
10. Agrostis vinealis Schreb. – brown bent
11. Aira caryophyllea L. – silver hair-grass
12. Aira praecox L. – early hair-grass
13. Alopecurus aequalis Sobol. – orange foxtail
14. Alopecurus bulbosus Gouan – bulbous foxtail
15. Alopecurus geniculatus L. – marsh foxtail
16. Alopecurus magellanicus Lam. – Alpine foxtail
17. Alopecurus myosuroides Huds. – black grass
18. Alopecurus pratensis L. – meadow foxtail
19. Ammophila arenaria (L.) Link – marram
20. Anemanthele lessoniana (Steud.) Veldkamp – pheasant’s-tail
21. Anisantha diandra (Roth) Tutin ex Tzvelev – great brome
22. Anisantha madritensis (L.) Nevski – compact brome
23. Anisantha rigida (Roth) Hyl. – ripgut brome
24. Anisantha sterilis (L.) Nevski – barren brome
25. Anisantha tectorum (L.) Nevski – drooping brome
26. Anthoxanthum aristatum Boiss. – annual vernal-grass
27. Anthoxanthum odoratum L. – sweet vernal-grass
28. Apera interrupta (L.) P. Beauv. – dense silky-bent
29. Apera spica-venti (L.) P. Beauv. – loose silky-bent
30. Aristavena setacea (Huds.) F. Albers & Butzin – bog hair-grass
31. Arrhenatherum elatius (L.) P. Beauv. ex J. Presl & C. Presl – false oat-grass
32. Avena barbata Pott ex Link – slender oat
33. Avena fatua L. – wild oat
34. Avena sativa L. – oat
35. Avena sterilis L. – winter wild-oat
36. Avena strigosa Schreb. – bristle oat
37. Avenella flexuosa (L.) Drejer – wavy hair-grass
38. Avenula pubescens (Huds.) Dumort. – downy oat-grass
39. Beckmannia syzigachne (Steud.) Fernald – American slough-grass
40. Brachiaria platyphylla (Griseb.) Nash – broad-leaved signal-grass
41. Brachypodium pinnatum (L.) P. Beauv. – heath false-brome
42. Brachypodium rupestre (Host) Roem. & Schult. – tor grass
43. Brachypodium sylvaticum (Huds.) P. Beauv. – false brome
44. Briza maxima L. – greater quaking grass
45. Briza media L. – quaking grass
46. Briza minor L. – lesser quaking grass
47. Bromopsis benekenii (Lange) Holub – lesser hairy-brome
48. Bromopsis erecta (Huds.) Fourr. – upright brome
49. Bromopsis inermis (Leyss.) Holub – Hungarian brome
50. Bromopsis ramosa (Huds.) Holub – hairy brome
51. Bromus arvensis L. – field brome
52. Bromus commutatus Schrad. – meadow brome
53. Bromus hordeaceus L. – soft brome
54. Bromus interruptus (Hack.) Druce – interrupted brome
55. Bromus japonicus Thunb. – Thunberg’s brome
56. Bromus lanceolatus Roth – large-headed brome
57. Bromus lepidus Holmb. – slender soft-brome
58. Bromus pseudosecalinus P. M. Sm. – Smith’s brome
59. Bromus secalinus L. – rye brome
60. Bromus × pseudothominei P. M. Sm. – lesser soft-brome
61. Calamagrostis canescens (F. H. Wigg.) Roth – purple small-reed
62. Calamagrostis epigejos (L.) Roth – wood small-reed
63. Calamagrostis purpurea (Trin.) Trin. – Scandinavian small-reed
64. Calamagrostis scotica (Druce) Druce – Scottish small-reed
65. Calamagrostis stricta (Timm) Koeler – narrow small-reed
66. Catabrosa aquatica (L.) P. Beauv. – whorl-grass
67. Catapodium marinum (L.) C. E. Hubb. – sea fern-grass
68. Catapodium rigidum (L.) C. E. Hubb. – fern-grass
    1. Catapodium rigidum subsp. majus (C. Presl) F. H. Perring & P. D. Sell – greater fern-grass
    2. Catapodium rigidum subsp. rigidum (L.) C. E. Hubb. – lesser fern-grass
69. Cenchrus echinatus L. – spiny sandbur
70. Ceratochloa carinata (Hook. & Arn.) Tutin – California brome
71. Ceratochloa cathartica (Vahl) Herter – rescue brome
72. Ceratochloa marginata (Nees ex Steud.) B. D. Jacks. – western brome
73. Chimonobambusa quadrangularis (Franceschi) Makino – square-stemmed bamboo
74. Cortaderia richardii (Endl.) Zotov – early pampas grass
75. Cortaderia selloana (Schult. & Schult. f.) Asch. & Graebn. – pampas grass
76. Corynephorus canescens (L.) P. Beauv. – grey hair-grass
77. Cynodon dactylon (L.) Pers. – Bermuda grass
78. Cynosurus cristatus L. – crested dog’s-tail
79. Cynosurus echinatus L. – rough dog’s-tail
80. Dactylis glomerata L. – cocksfoot
81. Dactylis polygama Horv. – slender cocksfoot
82. Dactyloctenium radulans (R. Br.) P. Beauv. – button grass
83. Danthonia decumbens (L.) DC. – heath grass
84. Deschampsia cespitosa (L.) P. Beauv. – tufted hair-grass
85. Digitaria ciliaris (Retz.) Koeler – tropical finger-grass
86. Digitaria ischaemum (Schreb. ex Schweigg.) Muhl. – smooth finger-grass
87. Digitaria sanguinalis (L.) Scop. – hairy finger-grass
88. Drymochloa sylvatica (Pollich) Holub – wood fescue
89. Echinochloa colona (L.) Link – shama millet
90. Echinochloa crus-galli (L.) P. Beauv. – cockspur
91. Echinochloa esculenta (A. Braun) H. Scholz – Japanese millet
92. Echinochloa frumentacea Link – white millet
93. Eleusine indica (L.) Gaertn. – yard grass
    1. Eleusine indica subsp. africana (Kenn.-O'Byrne) S. M. Phillips – African yard grass
    2. Eleusine indica subsp. indica (L.) Gaertn. – Indian yard grass
94. Elymus athericus (Link) Kerguélen – sea couch
95. Elymus caninus (L.) L. – bearded couch
96. Elymus junceiformis (Á. Löve & D. Löve) Hand & Buttler – sand couch
97. Elymus repens (L.) Gould – common couch
98. Eragrostis cilianensis (All.) Vignolo ex Janch. – stink grass
99. Eragrostis curvula (Schrad.) Nees – African love-grass
100. Eragrostis minor Host – small love-grass
101. Eragrostis pilosa (L.) P. Beauv. – Jersey love-grass
102. Eragrostis tef (Zucc.) Trotter – teff
103. Fargesia spathacea Franch. – Chinese fountain bamboo
104. Festuca arenaria Osbeck – rush-leaved fescue
105. Festuca armoricana Kerguélen – Breton fescue
106. Festuca filiformis Pourr. – fine-leaved sheep’s-fescue
107. Festuca gautieri (Hack.) K. Richt. – spiky fescue
108. Festuca glauca Vill. – glaucous fescue
109. Festuca heterophylla Lam. – various-leaved fescue
110. Festuca huonii Auquier – Huon’s fescue
111. Festuca lemanii Bastard – confused fescue
112. Festuca longifolia Thuill. – blue fescue
113. Festuca ovina L. – sheep’s fescue
114. Festuca rubra L. – red fescue
115. Festuca trachyphylla (Mack.) R. P. Murray – hard fescue
116. Festuca vivipara (L.) Sm. – viviparous sheep’s-fescue
117. Gastridium ventricosum (Gouan) Schinz & Thell. – nit-grass
118. Gaudinia fragilis (L.) P. Beauv. – French oat-grass
119. Glyceria canadensis (Michx.) Trin. – rattlesnake-grass
120. Glyceria declinata Bréb. – small sweet-grass
121. Glyceria fluitans (L.) R. Br. – floating sweet-grass
122. Glyceria maxima (Hartm.) Holmb. – reed sweet-grass
123. Glyceria notata Chevall. – plicate sweet-grass
124. Glyceria × pedicellata F. Towns. – hybrid sweet-grass
125. Helictochloa pratensis (L.) Romero Zarco – meadow oat-grass
126. Hierochloe odorata (L.) P. Beauv. – holy grass
127. Holcus lanatus L. – Yorkshire fog
128. Holcus mollis L. – creeping soft-grass
129. Hordelymus europaeus (L.) Jess. ex Harz – wood barley
130. Hordeum distichon L. – two-rowed barley
131. Hordeum geniculatum All. – Mediterranean barley
132. Hordeum jubatum L. – foxtail barley
133. Hordeum marinum Huds. – sea barley
134. Hordeum murinum L. – wall barley
135. Hordeum secalinum Schreb. – meadow barley
136. Hordeum vulgare L. – six-rowed barley
137. Koeleria macrantha (Ledeb.) Schult. – crested hair-grass
138. Koeleria vallesiana (Honck.) Gaudin – Somerset hair-grass
139. Lagurus ovatus L. – hare’s-tail
140. Lamarckia aurea (L.) Moench – golden dog’s-tail
141. Leersia oryzoides (L.) Sw. – cut-grass
142. Leymus arenarius (L.) Hochst. – Lyme grass
143. Lolium multiflorum Lam. – Italian rye-grass
144. Lolium perenne L. – perennial rye-grass
145. Lolium rigidum Gaudin – Mediterranean rye-grass
146. Lolium temulentum L. – darnel
147. Melica nutans L. – mountain melick
148. Melica uniflora Retz. – wood melick
149. Mibora minima (L.) Desv. – early sand-grass
150. Milium effusum L. – wood millet
151. Milium vernale M. Bieb. – early millet
152. Miscanthus sinensis Andersson – Chinese silver-grass
153. Miscanthus × giganteus J. M. Greef & Deuter ex Hodkinson & Renvoize – giant silver-grass
154. Molinia caerulea (L.) Moench – purple moor-grass
     1. Molinia caerulea subsp. arundinacea (Schrank) K. Richt. – tall purple moor-grass
     2. Molinia caerulea subsp. caerulea (L.) Moench – common purple moor-grass
155. Nardus stricta L. – mat-grass
156. Nassella tenuissima (Trin.) Barkworth – Argentina needle-grass
157. Oloptum miliaceum (L.) Röser & Hamasha – smilo-grass
158. Panicum capillare L. – witch grass
159. Panicum dichotomiflorum Michx. – autumn millet
160. Panicum miliaceum L. – common millet
161. Panicum schinzii Hack. ex Schinz – Transvaal millet
162. Parapholis incurva (L.) C. E. Hubb. – curved hard-grass
163. Parapholis strigosa (Dumort.) C. E. Hubb. – hard grass
164. Paspalum distichum L. – water finger-grass
165. Phalaris aquatica L. – bulbous Canary-grass
166. Phalaris arundinacea L. – reed Canary-grass
167. Phalaris canariensis L. – Canary-grass
168. Phalaris minor Retz. – lesser Canary-grass
169. Phalaris paradoxa L. – awned Canary-grass
170. Phleum alpinum L. – Alpine cat’s-tail
171. Phleum arenarium L. – sand cat’s-tail
172. Phleum bertolonii DC. – smaller cat’s-tail
173. Phleum phleoides (L.) H. Karst. – purple-stem cat’s-tail
174. Phleum pratense L. – timothy
175. Phragmites australis (Cav.) Trin. ex Steud. – common reed
176. Pleioblastus chino (Franch. & Sav.) Makino – Maximowicz’s bamboo
177. Pleioblastus pygmaeus (Miq.) Nakai – dwarf bamboo
178. Pleioblastus simonii (Carrière) Nakai – Simon’s bamboo
179. Poa alpina L. – Alpine meadow-grass
180. Poa angustifolia L. – narrow-leaved meadow-grass
181. Poa annua L. – annual meadow-grass
182. Poa bulbosa L. – bulbous meadow-grass
183. Poa chaixii Vill. – broad-leaved meadow-grass
184. Poa compressa L. – flattened meadow-grass
185. Poa flabellata (Lam.) Raspail – tussac grass
186. Poa flexuosa Sm. – wavy meadow-grass
187. Poa glauca Vahl – glaucous meadow-grass
188. Poa humilis Ehrh. ex Hoffm. – spreading meadow-grass
189. Poa infirma Kunth – early meadow-grass
190. Poa nemoralis L. – wood meadow-grass
191. Poa palustris L. – swamp meadow-grass
192. Poa pratensis L. – smooth meadow-grass
193. Poa trivialis L. – rough meadow-grass
194. Poa × jemtlandica (Almq.) K. Richt. – Swedish meadow-grass
195. Polypogon maritimus Willd. – southern beard-grass
196. Polypogon monspeliensis (L.) Desf. – annual beard-grass
197. Polypogon viridis (Gouan) Breistr. – water bent
198. Pseudosasa japonica (Siebold & Zucc. ex Steud.) Makino ex Nakai – arrow bamboo
199. Puccinellia distans (Jacq.) Parl. – reflexed salt-marsh grass
     1. Puccinellia distans subsp. borealis (Holmb.) W. E. Hughes – northern salt-marsh grass
     2. Puccinellia distans subsp. distans (Jacq.) Parl. – reflexed salt-marsh grass
200. Puccinellia fasciculata (Torr.) E. P. Bicknell – Borrer’s salt-marsh grass
201. Puccinellia maritima (Huds.) Parl. – common salt-marsh grass
202. Puccinellia rupestris (With.) Fernald & Weath. – stiff salt-marsh grass
203. Rostraria cristata (L.) Tzvelev – Mediterranean hair-grass
204. Sasa palmata (Burb.) E. G. Camus – broad-leaved bamboo
205. Sasa veitchii (Carrière) Rehder – Veitch’s bamboo
206. Sasaella ramosa (Makino) Makino – hairy bamboo
207. Schedonorus arundinaceus (Schreb.) Dumort. – tall fescue
208. Schedonorus giganteus (L.) Holub – giant fescue
209. Schedonorus pratensis (Huds.) P. Beauv. – meadow fescue
210. Secale cereale L. – rye
211. Semiarundinaria fastuosa (Lat.-Marl. ex Mitford) Makino ex Nakai – Narihara bamboo
212. Sesleria caerulea (L.) Ard. – blue moor-grass
213. Setaria adhaerens (Forssk.) Chiov. – adherent bristle-grass
214. Setaria faberi Herrm. – nodding bristle-grass
215. Setaria italica (L.) P. Beauv. – foxtail bristle-grass
216. Setaria parviflora (Poir.) Kerguélen – knotroot bristle-grass
217. Setaria pumila (Poir.) Roem. & Schult. – yellow bristle-grass
218. Setaria verticillata (L.) P. Beauv. – rough bristle-grass
219. Setaria viridis (L.) P. Beauv. – green bristle-grass
220. Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench – great millet
221. Sorghum halepense (L.) Pers. – Johnson grass
222. Spartina alterniflora Loisel. – smooth cord-grass
223. Spartina anglica C. E. Hubb. – common cord-grass
224. Spartina maritima (Curtis) Fernald – small cord-grass
225. Spartina patens (Aiton) Muhl. – saltmeadow cord-grass
226. Spartina pectinata Bosc ex Link – prairie cord-grass
227. Spartina × townsendii H. Groves & J. Groves – Townsend’s cord-grass
228. Sporobolus indicus (L.) R. Br. – Indian dropseed
229. Trisetum flavescens (L.) P. Beauv. – yellow oat-grass
230. Triticum aestivum L. – bread wheat
231. Triticum compactum Host – club wheat
232. Triticum dicoccon Schrank – emmer wheat
233. Triticum durum Desf. – pasta wheat
234. Triticum monococcum L. – einkorn wheat
235. Triticum spelta L. – spelt wheat
236. Triticum turgidum L. – rivet wheat
237. Urochloa panicoides P. Beauv. – sharp-flowered signal-grass
238. Vulpia bromoides (L.) Gray – squirreltail fescue
239. Vulpia ciliata Dumort. – bearded fescue
240. Vulpia fasciculata (Forssk.) Fritsch – dune fescue
241. Vulpia myuros (L.) C. C. Gmel. – rat’s-tail fescue
242. Vulpia unilateralis (L.) Stace – mat-grass fescue
243. Yushania anceps (Mitford) W. C. Lin – Indian fountain bamboo
244. Zea mays L. – maize
245. Zizania latifolia (Griseb.) Turcz. ex Stapf – Manchurian rice-grass