Creeping Bent - Agrostis stolonifera
Description
Normally about 40 cm tall, but can be taller on rich soils. It has long creeping leafy runners that root at their joints, but no underground rhizomes. Panicles are pale whitish to purplish and rather closed up except when in flower.
Identification difficulty
Habitat
Grassland of all kinds.
When to see it
July and August.
Life History
Perennial.
UK Status
Common throughout Britain.
VC55 Status
Quite common in Leicestershire and Rutland. In the 1979 Flora survey of Leicestershire it was found in 407 of the 617 tetrads.
David NichollsBradgate Park05 July 2013
Graham CalowHinckley Lane, Wykin04 July 2015
David NichollsBradgate Park05 July 2013 marsh near to Old Fosse Sapcote SP 4969 9213 (taken 23.6.2008).,..JPG)
Graham CalowMarsh near Old Fosse, Sapcote23 June 2008 footpath to 'Gravel Hole' Sapcote SP 4834 9370 (taken 13.7.2008)..JPG)
Graham CalowHinckley Road Gravel Pit, Sapcote13 July 2008
 marsh near to Old Fosse Sapcote SP 4969 9213 (taken 23.6.2008).,..JPG)
 footpath to 'Gravel Hole' Sapcote SP 4834 9370 (taken 13.7.2008)..JPG)
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