Aira caryophyllea Silver Hair-grass

A small, annual grass which is widespread in Britain possibly becoming scarcer in some regions, including Wales. It grows in well-drained, dry, gravelly or sandy places. Its relatively wide spreading panicles which bear silvery florets with prominent short bristles (awns) give this grass a distinctive appearance. It occurs in two different habitats in West Glamorgan, sandy and rocky places (including walls) around the coast and gravelly ground, particularly along forest roads, in the uplands.

Native