Grasses and species

[Wild-Woman]

Sometimes, when id'ing different species, it helps if a shot of the grass(es) they are associated with helps-particularly with some butterflies.
I think grasses are over-looked because they are abundant and probably don't take our eye like other flowering plants would.
Perhaps, therefore, it may be a good idea to get some more grasses in the Gallery for us to refer to and learn about. I for one struggle with grasses and would like more info on them.
Perhaps the sedges and reeds would be helpful too.
I'm going to give it a go when I'm out and about, I'm sure there's hundreds to work on!

[kielder]

I agree with you, and I am about to put one up to id now!

[ron1863]

I too will try to upload some grasses

[moo]

yes - me too. Picked 12 today and am only definite on three.
Using Collings guide and Hubbard, and you wouldn't think they were talking about the same plant on most of them!

[Meta menardi]

I have always loved grasses since I was at Ag College. I like the Roger Phillips ID guide "Grasses, Ferns, mosses and Lichens of Great Britain and Ireland" but it lacks the deatil you get fronm Hubbard. Step forward someone to update Hubbard? Fantastic book, but not one for bedtime reading.

[mrs fish]

Getting them a ID is quite hard , I know I could do with a decent book, bookshops are calling me

I struggle with my little Observers book

[kielder]

Mrs fish, although there have been some responses already, you could check out my grass

Grass ID?

[mrs fish]

I did

[RobSutton]

Originally Posted by Wild-Woman

Sometimes, when id'ing different species, it helps if a shot of the grass(es) they are associated with helps-particularly with some butterflies.
I think grasses are over-looked because they are abundant and probably don't take our eye like other flowering plants would.
Perhaps, therefore, it may be a good idea to get some more grasses in the Gallery for us to refer to and learn about. I for one struggle with grasses and would like more info on them.
Perhaps the sedges and reeds would be helpful too.
I'm going to give it a go when I'm out and about, I'm sure there's hundreds to work on!

Over the last few days I've downloaded into the Grasses, sedges and rushes gallery photos of the following species. They are mostly close-ups of the flowering spikes. Hope these prove useful.

Sedges
Wood Sedge - Carex sylvatica
White Sedge - Carex canescens
Tawny Sedge - Carex hostiana
Star Sedge - Carex echinata
Spring Sedge - Carex caryophyllea
Pill Sedge - Carex pilulifera
Pendulous Sedge - Carex pendula
Long-stalked Yellow-sedge - Carex viridula subsp brachyrryncha
Lesser Tussock-sedge - Carex diandra
Lesser Pond-sedge - Carex acutiformis
Flea Sedge - Carex pulicaris
Glaucous Sedge - Carex flacca
Hairy Sedge - Carex hirta
Flat Sedge - Blysmus compressus
Fibrous Tussock-sedge - Carex appropinquata
Green-ribbed Sedge - Carex binervis
Bottle Sedge - Carex rostrata
Brown Sedge - Carex disticha
Common Yellow-sedge - Carex viridula subsp. oedocarpa
Common Sedge - Carex nigra
Carnation Sedge - Carex panicea
Dioecious Sedge - Carex dioica

Rushes
Compact Rush - Juncus conglomeratus
Bulbous Rush - Juncus bulbosus
Soft Rush - Juncus effusus
Hard Rush - Juncus inflexus
Heath Rush - Juncus squarrosus
Jointed Rush - Juncus articulatus

Woodrushes
Field Woodrush - Luzula campestris
Heath Woodrush - Luzula multiflora ssp. Congesta
Heath Wood- Luzula multiflora

Spike-rushes
Few-flowered Spike Rush - Eleocahris quinqueflora
Common Spike-rush - Eleocharis palustris
Slender Spike-rush - Eleocharis uniglumis

[Wild-Woman]

Brilliant job Rob. I have been watching them on the Gallery. A really useful resource for us all. The quality and detail should indeed help us all to know our sedges and grasses better. I for one needed help in this field.

Thank you very much for all your effort.