Grasses, Sedges and Rushes

The following lists some of the various grasses, sedges and rushes found growing in the wild in Radley.

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Click here to see the list of recorded species with no photograph.

Recorded species with no photograph

Grasses

• False Oat Grass (Arrhenatherum eliatus L.)
• Cocksfoot Grass (Dactylis glomerata L.)
• Giant Fescue Grass (Festuca gigantea L.)
• Yorkshire Fog Grass (Holcus lanatus L.)
• Perennial Ryegrass (Lolium perenne L.))
• Rough Meadow Grass (Poa trivialis L.)
• Couch Grass (Agropyron repens L.)
• Annual Meadow-grass (Poa annua L.)
• Rat’s-tail Fescue (Vulpia myuros (L.))
• Wood False Brome (Brachypodium sylvaticum (Huds.))
• Marsh Bent/ Creeping Bent (Agrostis stolonifera L.)
• Fern Grass (Catapodium rigidum (L.) C.E. Hubbard)

Rushes (juncaceae)

• Hard Rush (Juncus Inflexus L.)
• Toad Rush (Juncus bufonius L.)
• One-glumed Spike Rush (Eleocharis uniglumis (Link) Schult.)

Sedges (cyperaceae) and other reeds

• False Fox Sedge (Carex otrubae Podp.)
• Pond Sedge (Carex riperia Curt.and/orCarex acutiformis Ehrh.)
• Common cotton grass (Eriophorum augustifolium Honck. )