Helictotrichon pratense (L.) Besser
(Meadow Oat-grass)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesHelictotrichon pratense (Meadow Oat-grass)
GenusHelictotrichon (oat-grasses)
TribePoeae (a tribe of grasses)
SubfamilyPOOIDEAE (a subfamily of grasses)
FamilyPOACEAE (grasses, couch)
OrderPOALES (grasses, sedges & rushes)
ClassMAGNOLIOPSIDA (flowering plants)
PhylumTRACHEOPHYTA (vascular plants)
KingdomPLANTAE (plants)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
Records of Helictotrichon pratense (Meadow Oat-grass) :
1: Helictotrichon pratense (Meadow Oat-grass)
1 May 2005 OSGR: SU36 51° 20’ N, 1° 30’ W Vice County: Berks (VC 22) England
Image 1: In situImage 2: Shoot - close-up - pale backgroundImage 3: Shoot - close-up to show lack of hairs on leaves - dark backgroundImage 4: Leaf base and auricles - highly enlargedImage 5: Leaf base and ligule - highly enlargedImage 6: Leaf base and ligule - highly enlarged (2)Image 7: Leaf surface - highly enlargedImage 8: Leaf tip - highly enlargedImage 9: Leaf tip - highly enlarged (2)Image 10: Ligule - highly enlarged

Helictotrichon pratense (Meadow Oat-grass) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Helictotrichon pratense (Meadow Oat-grass)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 8 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Helictotrichon pratense (Meadow Oat-grass)
Creative Commons License
This website is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International Licence.

Unless otherwise expressly stated, all original material on the BioImages website by Malcolm Storey is licensed under the above Creative Commons Licence.

Photographs from other photographers are used with permission but not included under the above CC licence.

BioImages - Virtual Field-Guide (UK)