poaceae

Wood melick Melica uniflora with detail of ligule and individual floret

Marram grass Ammophila arenaria with detail of flowering head, ligule and in-rolled leaf

Rough bent grass Agrostis scabra with details of spikelet and ligule

Little Bluestem grass Schizachryium scoparium including roots

Fountain Grass Pennisetum setaceum sketchbook study sheet, showing details of plant

Sweet vernal grass sketch Anthoxanthum odoratum showing plant with flowering spike

Monocot plant variety with seedling.  Plants shown are: Soft-leaved or Mountain sedge Carex montan, Meadow saffron Colchium autumnale, Fragrant orchid Gymnadenia conopsed, Bluebell Hyacinthoides non-scripta, Wood rush Luzula sylvatica, and Sweet vernal grass Anthoxanthum odoratum

Monocot plant variety featuring numerous monocots such as rush, grass, bluebell, sedge, and crocus.

Crested Dog’s-tail grass Cynosurus cristatus with written name

Crested Dog’s-tail grass Cynosurus cristatus 2 botanical illustration

Cock’s-foot grass Dactylis glomerata with written name

Cock’s-foot grass Dactylis glomerata 2 showing grass with shoots in full flower.

Yorkshire Fog Holcus lanatus grass with written name in hand painted watercolour text

Yorkshire Fog Holcus lanatus grass with annotations and name.  Parts include culm, inforescence or panicle, leaf blade, nodes, and internode.

Yorkshire Fog grass Holcus lanatus 2 with striped pink culms and soft green grass blades

Named Grasses with annotation of grass anatomy: False Oat, Crested Dogs-tail, Cocks-foot, and Yorkshire Fog

Grasses: False Oat Arrhenatherum elatius, Crested Dogs-tail Cynosurus cristatus, Cocks-foot Dactylis glomerata, and Yorkshire Fog Holcus lanatus.

False Oat grass Arrhenatherum elatius with written name botanical illustration

False Oat grass Arrhenatherum elatius botanical illustration  

Botanical illustration of False Oat-grass showing spreading and compressed inflorescence, and swollen basal nodes.

Marram grass Ammophila arenaria

Common Cord Grass Spartina anglica showing grass, flowering spike, rhizome, and characteristic growth pattern

Rough meadow grass Poa trivialis botanical illustration

Sweet vernal grass Anthoxum odoratum botanical illustration with details of spikelet and ligule