Dactylis glomerata Cock's-foot

A tufted, perennial grass of mesotrophic grasslands such as roadside verges and other early successional, grassy habiats usually with other coarse grasses such as False Oat-grass (Arrhenatherum elatius) and Yorkshire Fog (Holcus lanatus). It also grows in pastures, fixed dune grasslands, arable fields and open woodlands. On exposed coastal cliffs, especially where there is some grazing, it usually grows with a dwarf habit. It is extremely common and abundant throughout the whole of Britain and it is one of the most common grasses in West Glamorgan, familiar to most people when it is in flower with its dense clusters of spikelets in a triangular shaped inflorescence. One of its chacateristic vegetative features is the markedly flattened stems that bear grey-green leaves.

Native