Eight new rare plant accounts

Our indefatigable Rare Plant Register editor has been busy researching grasses resulting in four new species accounts, namely: Leymus arenarius (Lyme grass), Vulpia ciliata subsp. ambigua (Bearded or Purple Fescue), Vulpia fasciculata (Dune Fescue), and Vulpia unilateralis (Mat-grass Fescue).

She has also recently written accounts for: Fragaria vesca (Wild Strawberry), Succisa pratensis (Devil’s-bit Scabious), Knautia arvensis (Field Scabious) and Juncus acutus (Sharp Rush).

Vulpia fasciculata at Berrow Dunes (2014). Photo: HJC