Plants and animals of Pointfield

An informal survey of the plant and animal life living in or visiting the grounds of Pointfield, Kelso since 2015   

Grasses

Barren brome

Anisantha sterilis

Appearance

tall, upright grass without stolon bearing loose spray of long pendulous spikelets. Spikelets with long awns; glumes shorter than lowest lema. Leaves sparse and flat, with fine, downy hair. Ligule prominent and distally toothed; no auricle. Stem with very fine downy hairs.

Habitat

Growing under cut-leaf beech.


Months in flower