tufts

Procumbent pearlwort Sagina procumbens illustrated for Field Studies Council Urban Plants of Scotland fold-out guide

Tufted hair grass Deschampsia caespitosa with ligule, spikelet, lemma, and leaf cross section showing how each blade is rolled up

Soft rush Juncus effusus pecil drawing

Parsley fern Cryptogramma crispa showing both forms of the frond

Magellenic Bog moss Sphagnum magellicum a tuft of this crimson moss then further details of one leaf and of several fascicles or shoots

Grimmia pulvinata and Tortula muralis moss growing on stone, both bearing spores. Details of individual spore capsules and individual leaves included

Maidenhair spleenwort Asplenuum trichomanes tuft of this small and pretty fern found growing in a churchyard wall

Meadow Foxtail Alopecurus pratensis with lemma, ligule and spikelet detail

Meadow oat grass Avenula pratensis with ligule, spiklet and lemma detail

Larch Larix decidua sprig with mature cone and young flower detail

Italian Rye grass Lolium multiflorum and individual spikelet

Crested dogs tail cynosurus cristatus both mature and young in flower, and also showing ligule, glume, and individual spikelet

Common sedge carex nigra showing root, glume, fruit, ligule detail, stem cross section, and two stigmas

Carnation sedge carex panicea whole plant with details on murcinate leaf apex, glume, fruit, ligule, cross section, three stigma fruit and stem cross section

Black bog rush Schoenus nigricans showing individual flowering spike, stem cross section, and basal colour

Black grass Alopecurus myosuroides