Grasses and reeds for ID please

[Farplace]

These are some of the grasses found in my meadow.

This one is a good 5ft tall:


This one about knee-height:


And in the boggy bit at the top, there are lots of these reeds:


Many thanks
Jan

[shenk1]

First one in the boggy bit looks like Soft Rush - Juncus effusus.

Don't quote me on that but it looks like the one I bought for the pond

Gary

[Farplace]

Thanks gary

[Johnny Redgate]

1. Tufted Hair-grass Deschampsia cespitosa.
2. Yorkshire Fog Holcus lanatus.
3 (left) Probably Soft Rush Juncus effusus but possibly Compact Rush Juncus conglomeratus. Feel to see if the stem is ridged (rolling between the front teeth is a good way). Compact Rush has a stem with many fine longitudinal ridges.
3 (right) The rush is Soft Rush with Yorkshire Fog visible.

Hope that helps.

[Dorts]

1. I think J.R. is right with Tufted Hair-grass - Deschampsia cespitosa. Though at first glance I thought it may have been False Oat Grass, but the long, thin, straight shiny stems give it away.
2. Yorkshire Fog Grass - Holcus lanatus.
3. Soft Rush - Juncus effusus var. subglomeratus. Has a more compact flower than the normal plant and is probably almost as common.
4. Soft Rush - Juncus effusus. The normal plant.
Dorts.

[Farplace]

Many thanks, JR and Dorts..... Wonderful of you!!