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Herbarium specimen: Festuca pratensis

Taxon:Poaceae: Festuca pratensis Huds. ("Meadow Fescue")
named by James B Phipps 1/1961
Filed in taxon folder:Poaceae: Festuca pratensis Huds. ("Meadow Fescue")
Collected by:Mr Harold Stuart Thompson
Collection date:22/7/1916
Locality:Great Britain, VC6 North Somerset, SaintGeorge's Hill, ST7665, "Rubbish heap, roadside below St Georges Pill"
ex herb:Mr Harold Stuart Thompson
Institution:University of Birmingham (BIRM)
Image:Festuca pratensis herbarium specimen from SaintGeorge's Hill, VC6 North Somerset in 1916 by Mr Harold Stuart Thompson.
fruits/flowers:mature flowers
notes:"Festuca ?elatior NOT Bromus erectus there being no awns"

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Documented by mikedaps on 5th March 2010.

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