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Cock's-foot

Dactylis glomerata

Auricles

Absent

Leaf blade

Dull green or greyish-green. Rough, broad and sharply pointed. Folded in flattened shoot, opening later. Strongly keeled.

Description

Large densely tufted perennial 30-120 cm, often forming large tussocks. Coarse-looking grass often bluish-green in colour. Flower head is one-sided, usually as a triangular panicle. Spikelets are small, flattened and condensed into oval-shaped clusters.

Ligule

Long: up to 12 mm. Membranous.

Importance

Widespread grass of meadows, pastures, hedgerows and rough grassland. Frequently planted for game cover. Formerly very widely cultivated.