| Plants : Poaceae | Ferns and Flowering Plants |
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| Dactylis glomerata |
Description: One of the commonest grasses - a robust, rather tough and succulent grass with the flower-heads arranged in a manner which has been fancifully compared to the foot of a cockerel or hen. It occurs in a wide variety of grassy habitats.
All names: Dactylis glomerata L.
Distribution Map from NBN: Dactylis glomerata at National Biodiversity Network mapping facility, data for UK.
iNaturalist: Dactylis glomerata at iNaturalist World Species Observations database.
| Hackney, P., 2026. Dactylis glomerata. L.. [In] Flora of Northern Ireland. https://habitas.org/flora/species.php?item=2561. Accessed on 2026-11-02. |