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Yellow Oat-grass - Trisetum flavescens subsp. flavescens

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Yellow Oat-grass Yellow Oat-grass - Trisetum flavescens subsp. flavescens dylan Westbury Wildlife Park 24 Jun 2022, 9:06 p.m. 24 Jun 2022, 5:38 p.m.
Yellow Oat-grass Yellow Oat-grass - Trisetum flavescens subsp. flavescens dylan Bristol 17 Jun 2023, 6:37 p.m. 14 Jun 2023, 4:25 p.m.
Yellow Oat-grass Yellow Oat-grass - Trisetum flavescens subsp. flavescens dylan Clifton Downs 3 Feb 2022, 1:59 p.m. 28 Jun 2021, 5:13 p.m.
Yellow Oat-grass Yellow Oat-grass - Trisetum flavescens subsp. flavescens dylan Clifton Downs 3 Feb 2022, 1:59 p.m. 28 Jun 2021, 5:13 p.m.
Yellow Oat-grass Yellow Oat-grass - Trisetum flavescens subsp. flavescens dylan Clifton Downs 3 Feb 2022, 1:59 p.m. 28 Jun 2021, 5:13 p.m.
Yellow Oat-grass Yellow Oat-grass - Trisetum flavescens subsp. flavescens dylan Westbury Wildlife Park 24 Jun 2022, 9:06 p.m. 24 Jun 2022, 5:34 p.m.

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Species Description

Stace 4:

Ssp. flavescens.

Culms usually <60cm; leaves usually ≤5mm wide; panicle mostly ≤about 16cm, with 3-5 branches at lowest node and no more at higher nodes; lowest panicle node with obsolete or very inconspicuous green to purplish scale; spikelets usually yellowish-green, with 2-3(4) florets; 2n=28. Native; meadows, pastures, grassy waysides, especially on base-rich soil; throughout most of lowland British Isles, common in England and South East Scotland, rather scattered elsewhere, not in most of North and North West Scotland.