About

Dactylis glomerata, cock's foot, is a widespread, tufted, native perennial grass forming substantial clumps of broad, coarse, flat, fresh-green leaves and wiry stems to 1.2 m bearing densely clustered, one-sided, purple-green flower spikelets in early summer. A characteristic grass of meadows, pastures and roadsides, important for wildlife � the leaf bases form tussocks providing overwintering habitat, and the flowers provide pollen for bees. Valuable in wildflower and meadow seed mixtures.

About the genus

Dactylis, the cock's foot grasses, are tufted perennial grasses native to Europe, Asia and North Africa with broad, flat, coarse leaves and wiry stems bearing dense, one-sided, branched panicles of flower spikelets in summer. A common meadow and pasture grass, important for wildlife and used in forage and wildflower seed mixtures.

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