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Plicate Sweet-grass - Glyceria notata

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Plicate Sweet-grass Plicate Sweet-grass - Glyceria notata dylan Lawrence Weston Moor and Moorgrove Wood 27 May 2022, 6:03 p.m. 25 May 2022, 7:13 p.m.
Plicate Sweet-grass Plicate Sweet-grass - Glyceria notata dylan Lawrence Weston Moor and Moorgrove Wood 27 May 2022, 6:03 p.m. 25 May 2022, 7:13 p.m.
Plicate Sweet-grass Plicate Sweet-grass - Glyceria notata dylan Lawrence Weston Moor and Moorgrove Wood 27 May 2022, 6:03 p.m. 25 May 2022, 7:13 p.m.
Plicate Sweet-grass Plicate Sweet-grass - Glyceria notata dylan Lawrence Weston Moor and Moorgrove Wood 27 May 2022, 6:03 p.m. 25 May 2022, 7:13 p.m.
Plicate Sweet-grass Plicate Sweet-grass - Glyceria notata dylan Lawrence Weston Moor and Moorgrove Wood 27 May 2022, 6:03 p.m. 25 May 2022, 7:13 p.m.
Plicate Sweet-grass Plicate Sweet-grass - Glyceria notata dylan Lawrence Weston Moor and Moorgrove Wood 27 May 2022, 6:03 p.m. 25 May 2022, 7:13 p.m.

Species Description

Stace 4:

Glyceria notata Chevall. (G. plicata (Fr.) Fr.) - Plicate Sweet-grass.

Differs from G. fluitans in panicles more branched and less narrow; lemmas 3.5-5mm, much blunter at apex; palea with very short teeth; anthers 0.7-1.3mm; 2n=40. Native; similar places to G. fluitans; frequent throughout most of British Isles except most of North & North West Scotland.

Key:

  • Lemmas 3.5-5mm; anthers 0.6-1.3mm
  • Lemmas not or scarcely toothed at apex, not exceeded by 2 (very short) obtuse apical teeth of palea