LYME GRASS

LYME-GRASS

Leymus arenarius

Grasses Family [Poaceae]

16th June 2009, Colwuyn Bay, Welsh Coast.

Photo: © RWD

Grows right near the coast on shifting sands to 1.5m in height (sometimes up to 2m).

30th May 2009, Formby coast, Southport, NW Endgland

Photo: © RWD

16th June 2009, Colwyn Bay, Welsh Coast.

Photo: © RWD

The leaves are glaucous-green

30th May 2009, Formby coast, Southport, NW Endgland

Photo: © RWD

The leaves are flat and become in-rolled and between 8 to 20mm wide.

30th May 2009, Formby coast, Southport, NW Endgland

Photo: © RWD

The flowers are on long round stems, longer than the leaves.

The flower spike is less than 35cm long, these fawn-coloured specimens having been spent.

16th June 2009, Colwuyn Bay, Welsh Coast.

Photo: © RWD

Spikelets usually in pairs on a node (but occasionally in 3's - none noticeable here).

The florets are in 3 to 6's and all except for the end one are bisexual. This specimen displaying its anthers mostly in a horizontal position.

30th May 2009, Formby coast, Southport, NW Endgland

Photo: © RWD

16th June 2009, coast, Colwyn Bay, North Wales.

Photo: © RWD

The leaves start off flat (centre) eventually becoming in-rolled (left).

1st May 2010, coast, Sandscale Haws, South Cumbria.

Photo: © RWD

When the spikelets in the inflorescence part the anthers on their long filaments flop over displaying their long, thin, white filaments with a pale-green anther atop. The lemmas (long pointed things) usually have 7 veins.

1st May 2010, coast, Sandscale Haws, South Cumbria.

Photo: © RWD

Many similarities to : Wood Barley (Hordelymus europaeus) (the Genus of which Clive Stace thinks should be amalgamated with Leymus as they have some similar characteristics).

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LYME GRASS

LYME-GRASS

Leymus arenarius

Grasses Family [Poaceae]