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Carl Farmer |
Frequent around lowland pools ditches and marshy areas. Stems to 200 cm high. Spikelets 5-6 mm long. Skye ID: Ligule 6-16 mm long. Spikelets one-flowered, the flower at least 1 mm shorter than both glumes (actually spikelet also contains 1 or 2 very small sterile florets which are hard to see). No awns. Glumes hairless, less than twice as long as broad, c 5-6 mm long. Other features: Reed-like in habit, but the true Reed has many-flowered spikelets and a fringe of hairs for a ligule. |