Grasses, Rushes, Sedges etc. - (Poales) - Group

Grasses, Rushes, Sedges etc. - Poales

Group Description

A large order containing 16 families worldwide.

SubGroups

name	latinname	species	sightings	media
Annual Beard-grass	Polypogon monspeliensis	1	2	13
Annual Meadow-grass	Poa annua	1	10	16
Arrow Bamboo	Pseudosasa japonica	1	1	3
Barren Brome	Anisantha sterilis	1	3	7
Bearded Couch	Elymus caninus	1	1	2
Black Bent	Agrostis gigantea	1	5	13
Black Bog-rush	Schoenus nigricans	1	1	9
Blunt-flowered Rush	Juncus subnodulosus	1	1	2
Bread Wheat	Triticum aestivum	1	10	6
Broad-leaved Bamboo	Sasa palmata	1	2	8
Brown Bent	Agrostis vinealis	1	2	5
Brown Sedge	Carex disticha	1	2	5
Bulrush	Typha latifolia	1	2	5
Carnation Sedge	carex panicea	1	1	5
Cock's-foot Grass	Dactylis glomerata	1	13	25
Cockspur	Echinochloa crus-galli	1	12	12
Common Bent	Agrostis capillaris	1	1	2
Common Cord-grass	Spartina anglica	1	6	13
Common Couch	Elymus repens	1	4	9
Common Millet	Panicum miliaceum	1	2	1
Common Reed	Phragmites australis	1	5	17
Common Saltmarsh-grass	Puccinellia maritima	1	2	7
Common Soft-brome	Bromus hordeaceus subsp. hordeaceus	1	5	14
Common Spike-rush	Eleocharis palustris	1	4	20
Creeping Bent	Agrostis stolonifera	1	5	14
Creeping soft-grass	Holcus mollis	1	1	8
Crested Dog's-tail	Cynosurus Cristatus	1	5	6
Crested Hair-grass	Koeleria macrantha	1	3	7
Drooping Brome	Anisantha tectorum	1	1	8
Dwarf sedge	Carex humilis	1	2	5
Early Hair-grass	Aira praecox	1	3	8
Early Meadow-grass	Poa infirma	1	2	11
False Fox-sedge	Carex otrubae	1	2	4
False Oat-grass	Arrhenatherum elatius	1	1	2
False Oat-grass	Arrhenatherum elatius	1	13	39
False-brome	Brachypodium sylvaticum	1	5	8
Fern-grass	Catapodium rigidum	2	10	27
Field Wood-rush	Luzula campestris	1	11	28
Fingered Sedge	Carex digitata	1	3	10
Flattened Meadow-grass	Poa compressa	1	3	5
Flea Sedge	Carex pulicaris	1	1	4
Floating Sweet-grass	Glyceria fluitans	1	2	4
Foxtail Bristle-grass	Setaria italica	1	1	9
Galingale	Cyperus longus	1	1	1
Giant Fescue	Schedonorus giganteus	1	2	4
Glaucous Sedge	Carex flacca	1	3	9
Great Fen-sedge	Cladium mariscus	1	1	1
Great Millet	Sorghum bicolor	1	2	3
Greater Pond-sedge	Carex riparia	1	1	6
Greater Quaking-grass	Briza maxima	1	7	15
Green Bristle-grass	Setaria viridis	1	1	4
Grey Club-rush	Schoenoplectus tabernaemontani	1	1	4
Grey Sedge	Carex divulsa	2	5	28
Hairy Finger-grass	Digitaria sanguinalis	1	2	11
Hairy Sedge	Carex hirta	1	6	11
Hairy Wood-rush	Luzula pilosa	1	1	4
Hairy-brome	Bromopsis ramosa	1	1	3
Hard Grass	Parapholis strigosa	1	1	1
Hard Rush	Juncus inflexus	1	1	1
Hare's-tail	Lagurus ovatus	1	2	6
Hare's-tail Cottongrass	Eriophorum vaginatum	1	1	8
Heath Rush	Juncus squarrosus	1	2	17
Heath wood-rush	Luzula multiflora	2	6	35
Heath-grass	Danthonia decumbens	1	1	5
Italian Rye-grass	Lolium multiflorum	1	2	4
Jointed Rush	Juncus articulatus	1	2	5
Lesser Pond-sedge	Carex acutiformis	1	2	9
Long-bracted Sedge	Carex extensa	1	1	6
Long-stalked Yellow-sedge	Carex lepidocarpa	1	1	6
Lyme-grass	Leymus arenarius	1	1	6
Marram	Ammophila arenaria	1	1	4
Marsh Foxtail	Alopecurus geniculatus	1	5	13
Meadow Barley	Hordeum secalinum	1	5	6
Meadow Fescue	Schedonorus pratensis	1	1	3
Meadow Foxtail	Alopecurus pratensis	1	13	24
Meadow Oat-grass	Helictochloa pratensis	1	4	8
Mexican Feather Grass	Nassella tenuissima	1	2	4
Oat	Avena sativa	1	1	17
Pale Galingale	Cyperus eragrostis	1	2	10
Pampas Grass	Cortaderia selloana	1	1	3
Pendulous Sedge	Carex pendula	1	11	17
Perennial Rye-grass	Lolium perenne	1	5	9
Pheasant's-tail	Anemanthele lessoniana	1	5	7
Plicate Sweet-grass	Glyceria notata	1	3	12
Quaking-grass	Briza media	1	2	4
Rat's-tail Fescue	Vulpia myuros	1	4	3
Red Fescue	Festuca rubra	3	7	18
Reed Canary-grass	Phalaris arundinacea	1	1	6
Reed Sweet-grass	Glyceria maxima	1	3	13
Remote Sedge	Carex remota	1	4	6
Rough Meadow-grass	Poa trivialis	1	9	29
Saltmarsh Rush	Juncus gerardii	1	1	3
Sand Cat's-tail	Phleum arenarium	1	1	8
Sea Club-rush	Bolboschoenus maritimus	1	2	6
Sea Couch	Elytrigia atherica	1	3	7
Sea Fern-grass	Catapodium marinum	1	1	3
Sharp-flowered Rush	Juncus acutiflorus	1	1	3
Sheep's Fescue	Festuca Ovina	2	6	16
Six-rowed Barley	Hordeum vulgare	1	4	14
Slender Rush	Juncus tenuis	1	5	21
Slender Soft-brome	Bromus lepidius	1	1	1
Small Sweet-grass	Glyceria declinata	1	2	4
Smaller Cat's-tail	Phleum bertolonii	1	4	5
Smooth Brome	Bromus racemosus	1	2	6
Smooth Meadow-grass	Poa pratensis	1	5	12
Southern Beard-grass	Polypogon maritimum	1	1	1
Spiked Sedge	Carex spicata	1	1	2
Spreading Meadow-grass	Poa humilis	1	1	2
Sweet Vernal-grass	Anthoxanthum odoratum	1	6	12
Tall Fescue	Schedonorus arundinaceus	1	8	42
Tawny Sedge	Carex hostiana	1	1	4
Timothy	Phleum pratense	1	10	26
Toad Rush	Juncus bufonius	1	3	19
Tufted Hair-grass	Tufted Hair-grass	1	1	2
Two-rowed Barley	Hordeum distichon	1	1	3
Upright Brome	Bromus Erectus	1	1	0
Various-leaved Fescue	Festuca heterophylla	1	1	7
Wall Barley	Hordeum murinum	2	6	14
Water Bent	Polypogon viridis	1	9	5
Wood Fescue	Drymochloa sylvatica	1	1	4
Wood Melick	Melica uniflora	1	2	6
Wood Millet	Milium effusum	1	1	3
Wood Sedge	Carex sylvatica	1	2	3
Wood Small-reed	Calamagrostis epigejos	1	1	1
Yellow Bristle-grass	Setaria pumila	1	1	11
Yellow Oat-grass	Trisetum flavescens	2	6	17
Yorkshire-fog	Holcus lanatus	1	14	28

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