Yellow Oat-grass, Trisetum flavescens, looking all yellow and shiny on Roundshaw Downs. #KeepingUpWithThePoaceae

The open florets of this Soft Brome, Bromus hordeaceus, caught my eye the other day.
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Phylogenetic and geographical distribution data supporting findings that the formation of an African arid corridor during the late Miocene resulted in disjunct distribution of species within Trichoneura.

Continent-wide disjunctions are rare in #grasses and remain poorly understood. A new #phylogenomics analysis by Oulo et al. reveals the impacts of the African arid corridor on the #evolution of Trichoneura (Poaceae). doi.org/10.1111/jse....
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Beautiful orange-brown swathes of Dune Fescue, Vulpia fasciculata, complete with 100s of tiny aestivating snails (maybe Cernuella virgata?) at Sandwich Bay. #KeepingUpWithThePoaceae

Sand Cat's-tail, Phleum arenarium, with a backdrop of Dune Fescue, Vulpia fasciculata (complete with aestivating snail), at Sandwich Bay. Other grasses were available, but my brain can only cope with a few grasses at a time! #KeepingUpWithThePoaceae

Wood Melick, Melica uniflora, severely testing my eyesight and ability to focus my camera! 🤓 #KeepingUpWithThePoaceae

Meadow Foxtail, Alopercurus pratensis, looking very foxtail-y at Bough Beech. 🦊 #KeepingUpWithThePoaceae

Meadow Barley, Hordeum secalinum (perennial), in Jubilee County Park. Much prettier and more delicate than the ubiquitous and thuggish looking Wall Barley (annual). #KeepingUpWithThePoaceae

Yellow Oat Grass, Trisetum flavescens, at Riddlesdown Quarry. #KeepingUpWithThePoaceae

Crested Dog's-tail, Cynosurus cristatus. 🤩 #KeepingUpWithThePoaceae

Sea Fern Grass, Catapodium marinum, on the shingle at Rottingdean beach. #KeepingUpWithThePoaceae

Some attractive Crested Hair-grass, Koeleria macrantha, looking very shimmery on Blackheath. #KeepingUpWithThePoaceae

Fern Grass, Catapodium rigidum (helpfully growing up against a wall and therefore making it reasonably easy to photograph). There was lots of this on the streets of Wells, which I visited recently. #KeepingUpWithThePoaceae

Meadow Foxtail, Alopecurus pratensis - a progession.
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Flowers open now. Sweet Vernal Grass, Anthoxanthum odoratum. #KeepingUpWithThePoaceae

Methinks 'tis nearly Sweet Vernal-grass vodka time. 😉 Anthoxanthum odoratum starting to pop up round my way. #Coumarin #KeepingUpWithThePoaceae

Early Meadow Grass, Poa infirma, I do believe, on the edge of a driveway. No anthers visible, but it was too cold to hang about and investigate this fully. South London, Croydon/Bromley border. #KeepingUpWithThePoaceae

Purple Moor Grass, Molinia coerulea, on Hayes Common, LB Bromley. #KeepingUpWithThePoaceae

Green Bristle-grass, Setaria viridis, on a field edge near Croydon, seen on my walk today. #KeepingUpWithThePoaceae

Tufted Hair-grass, Deschampsia cespitosa, in Threehalfpenny Wood. #KeepingUpWithThePoaceae

False Brome, Brachypodium sylvaticum, seen on a woodland edge on my walk today. #KeepingUpWithThePoaceae

Giant Fescue, Schedonorous giganteus, seen on a roadside verge on my walk today. #KeepingUpWithThePoaceae

Cockspur, Echinochloa crus-galli, on a road kerb near my house. An introduced species, known in Britain since the 17th century. (Fun fact - it doesn't have any ligules.) #KeepingUpWithThePoaceae

Creeping Soft-grass, Holcus mollis, with its hairy knees, I mean nodes, on a golf course in Croydon. Makes a change from hairy bums I suppose. #KeepingUpWithThePoaceae

Reed Sweet-grass, Glyceria maxima, at my local pond. #KeepingUpWithThePoaceae

Timothy's little brother, Smaller Catstail (Phleum bertolonii) with its batman double-awned glumes, on Shirley Heath. #KeepingUpWithThePoaceae

Floating Sweet Grass, Glyceria fluitans, in a wet meadow in Beddington Park. #KeepingUpWithThePoaceae

Water Bent, Polypogon viridis, growing as a pavement plant in Pevensey. #KeepingUpWithThePoaceae

Fern Grass, Catapodium rigidum, growing as a pavement plant in Pevensey. #KeepingUpWithThePoaceae

Soft Brome, Bromus hordeaceus, all over the place now. 💚 #KeepingUpWithThePoaceae