| The Shropshire Botanical Society produces quarterley Newsletter with occassional drawings of local plant features by Sarah Whild.Woodland Grasses in Shropshire: 8 Spring 2003
Poas (meadow grasses) in Shropshire: 12 Spring 2005 |
| In Britain the family Poaceae (Grasses) are monocotyledons, with perianth reduced or membranousSimple narrow leaves arranged on hollow stem in two ranks
Floral ID features: spikelets, glumes, lemmas Vegetative ID features: habit, ligules, leaf-sheaths, leaf blabes, roots Genera eg. Poa, Bromus, Agrostis, Phleum |
| Habit | Ligules | |||
| tufted | rhizomatous | 1-2mm | 5mm | |
| Festuca gigantea | X | with auricles | ||
| Holcus mollis | X | X | ||
| Melica uniflora | X | X | ||
