Wednesday 29 April 2015

I see these just about every day up the Welcombe Hills

For the last goodness knows how many years I've told myself at about this time of year, 'get yourself a good field guide for grasses'. That stuff we mow, play on, feed to livestock and curse if you suffer from hay fever, is amazing stuff. 

Wild grasses are not that difficult to name except you only get one good chance a year to do it and that time starts now when the grasses flower. One of the earliest to flower is the Meadow Foxtail (more info here) and is the dominant flowering grass in the Rowley Fields at the moment.


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