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Carl Farmer |
Common in damp grassy places Flower-spike c 5 mm wide (excluding anthers). Spikelets c 3 mm long excluding awn. Anthers c 2 mm long. Skye ID: Told from Meadow Foxtail, which can also root at lowest nodes, by spikelets being < 3.3 mm long rather than > 4 mm (excluding awn). Ligule on Marsh is up to 5 mm; max 2.5 mm on Meadow. Told from Timothy by flower-spikes tapering at each end rather than abruptly rounding off, and by hairs on edges of spikelet ascending rather than horizontal. Other features: Generally a small low grass, whose stems start off along the ground, rooting at nodes, then curve upwards. |
