Grass & Fern Species List
This page lists all the Grass and Fern species identified on the site to-date. Hopefully this list will grow over time as other species are discovered or begin to colonise.
Each species is categorised with both its common and scientific name, along with a 'frequency' based on the standard D.A.F.O.R rating. This gives a guide to the incidence of each species throughout the site as either being Dominant, Abundant, Frequent, Occasional or Rare. Please note that these ratings are only relevant to the site, and a species denoted as rare in this list is not necessarily a rarity.
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To view other vegetation species lists please use the links below to go the relevant page. |
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Grasses |
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Common Name |
Scientific Name |
Frequency |
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Sheep's Fescue |
Festuca ovina |
frequent |
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Red Fescue |
Festuca rubra |
abundant |
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Perennial Ryegrass |
Lolium perenne |
occasional |
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Annual Meadow Grass |
Poa annua |
rare |
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Smooth Meadow Grass |
Poa pratensis |
frequent |
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Cocksfoot |
Dactylis glomerata |
frequent |
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Least Soft Brome |
Bromus hordeacesus |
frequent |
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Hairy Brome |
Bromus ramosus |
occasional |
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Bearded Couch |
Elymus caninus |
occasional |
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Common Couch |
Elymus repens |
frequent |
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Wall Barley |
Hordeum murinum |
occasional |
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False Oat-grass |
Arrenatherum elatus |
frequent |
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Tufted Hair-grass |
Deschampsia caespitosa |
occasional |
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Wavy Hair-grass |
Deschampsia flexuosa |
occasional |
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Sweet Vernal Grass |
Anthoxanthum odoratum |
occasional |
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Yorkshire Fog |
Holcus lanatus |
frequent |
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Creeping Soft-grass |
Holcus Mollis |
abundant |
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Common Bent |
Agrostis capillaris |
abundant |
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Timothy |
Phleum pratense |
rare |
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Ferns |
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Common Name |
Scientific Name |
Frequency |
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Pteridium aquilinum |
abundant |
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Dryopteris filix-mas |
rare |
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Dryopteris dilatata |
rare |
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