Silver Hair-grass - Aira caryophyllea
An annual grass, slender, short (usually c.25cm) and with a spreading panicle; the spikelets in small groups at the tips of the panicle-branches. Leaves with roughish sheaths; lemmas with short awns; glumes sub-equal. It has a pale silvery appearance in flower.
Provide a field photograph of the flowering grass in its habitat, with close up of the panicle
Dry, sparse, open grassland; heath-grassland; post-industrial sites; sandy or rocky ground
Frequent
Occasional, but locally frequent where it occurs (Jeeves, M. (2011). The Flora of Leicestershire and Rutland: Checklist and Rare Plant Register. LRWT
Stace, C. (2019) New Flora of the British Isles (4th edn.). C & M Floristics
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New Lount NR, area of former sidings
17 June 2023
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New Lount NR, area of former sidings
17 June 2023
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Asfordby, Holwell Ironworks
26 June 2023
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New Lount NR, area of former sidings
20 June 2022
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Asfordby, Holwell Ironworks
26 June 2023
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Asfordby, Holwell Ironworks
26 June 2023
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- Silver Hair-grass
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- Grasses, Rushes & Sedges
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- First record:
- 20/06/2022 (Timms, Sue)
- Last record:
- 26/06/2023 (Timms, Sue)
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