Timothy - Phleum pratense
Description
A tall grass to 150 cm, with dense cylindrical panicles to 15 cm (sometimes more). The individual spikelets have two points. Named after American farmer and agriculturalist Timothy Hanson
Similar Species
Meadow Foxtail is superficially similar
Identification difficulty

ID guidance
Inflorescence a ‘pointing finger’ spike. The two glumes of each floret each narrow to a pointed apex.
Habitat
Roadsides, meadows, and other grasslands.
When to see it
June to August.
Life History
Perennial.
UK Status
Common throughout Britain.
VC55 Status
Very common in Leicestershire and Rutland. In the 1979 Flora survey of Leicestershire it was found in 578 of the 617 tetrads.
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