Gallery: Garden meadow grasses, rushes and sedges

Cocksfoot

Cocksfoot (Dactylis glomerata) gets its common name from the shape of the fully opened inflorescence (as here) which is said to resemble the foot of a fowl. This is a taller grass which may occur in your garden at the along the margins of a hedge for example.

Technical Information: Photographed with a Minolta Dimage Z1.

Copyright Richard Burkmar 2004. Permission is hereby granted for anyone to use this image for non-commercial purposes which are of benefit to the natural environment. School pupils, students, teachers and educators are invited to use and reproduce the image freely. The photographer should be credited where practicable. Use for commercial purposes is prohibited unless permission is obtained from the copyright holder.

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