tufted hair-grass
Scientific name: Deschampsia cespitosa
Family: Poaceae
Other common names; hassock grass, tussock grass
Flowering time:
Height: 1 to 1.5m
Growing conditions: moist to well-drained soils.
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Description
an evergreen grass forming a neat tussock of narrow, leathery, dark green leaves to 60cm long, with feathery panicles of silvery-purple flowers on arching stems in summer
How to identify: awn from near base of lemma; florets silvery brown; lemmas blunt; leaves 3-4mm wide, rough when rubbed downwards, many-grooved.
How to propagate:
Family: Poaceae
Other common names; hassock grass, tussock grass
Flowering time:
Height: 1 to 1.5m
Growing conditions: moist to well-drained soils.
Nectar source for:
Food source for:
Description
an evergreen grass forming a neat tussock of narrow, leathery, dark green leaves to 60cm long, with feathery panicles of silvery-purple flowers on arching stems in summer
How to identify: awn from near base of lemma; florets silvery brown; lemmas blunt; leaves 3-4mm wide, rough when rubbed downwards, many-grooved.
How to propagate: