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
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.
Graham CalowNailstone, colliery land reclamation area18 June 2019
Barbara CooperLong Clawson06 July 2012
Barbara CooperLong Clawson13 June 2017detail of spikelets
Graham CalowWykin12 June 2015
Graham CalowHigham on the Hill09 July 2015
David NichollsWatermead Country Park27 September 2013
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 Green Lane Sapcote SP 4863 9318 (taken 4.7.2008).JPG)
Graham CalowSapcote04 July 2008
Graham CalowHigham on the Hill09 July 2015
David NichollsRatby19 June 2014
David NichollsWatermead Country Park27 September 2013
Graham CalowCroft Pasture14 July 2014individual spikelets have two points.
Graham CalowBasin Bridge Lane, Wykin31 July 2015
David NichollsWatermead Country Park27 September 2013
Graham CalowBroughton Astley24 June 2011
Alan SemperMelton Country Park17 August 2013
HAPeacockGilroes Cemetery Extension19 June 2012 Old Fosse Sapcote SP 5035 9303 (taken 4.8.2008).JPG)
Graham CalowSapcote04 August 2008
David NichollsCroft Hill29 September 2011
HAPeacockGilroes Cemetery Extension19 June 2012
HAPeacockBilla Barra21 July 2012
Alan SemperHarby path G2931 August 2012
Graham CalowSapcote29 June 2013
Alan SemperMelton Country Park17 August 2013 Field Near Granitethorpe Sapcote SP 4925 9355 (taken 14.7.008).JPG)
Graham CalowSapcote14 July 2008
 Green Lane Sapcote SP 4863 9318 (taken 4.7.2008).JPG)
 Old Fosse Sapcote SP 5035 9303 (taken 4.8.2008).JPG)
 Field Near Granitethorpe Sapcote SP 4925 9355 (taken 14.7.008).JPG)