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Mystery 'grass' needs an ID please.

madpenguinmadpenguin Posts: 2,468
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Saw this 'grass' growing in some rough gravel near a road.It stood out because the sun shone on it to make it a stunning lime green.
But I am now wondering if anyone knows what it is?
Maybe from bird seed perhaps.

“Every day is ordinary, until it isn't.” - Bernard Cornwell-Death of Kings

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  • pansyfacepansyface Posts: 21,569
    Maybe Sesleria autumnalis?
    Apophthegm -  a big word for a small thought.
    If you live in Derbyshire, as I do.
  • madpenguinmadpenguin Posts: 2,468
    edited July 2020
    pansyface said:
    Maybe Sesleria autumnalis?

    No I don't think it is that.
    I think it may be a grain of some sort growing in the same way that perhaps wheat would grow as a single stalk.It was not clump forming at all.
    I may have to go back and yank one out of the gravel!!!
    “Every day is ordinary, until it isn't.” - Bernard Cornwell-Death of Kings
  • CloggieCloggie Posts: 1,455
    Not japanese forest grass no? https://www.crocus.co.uk/plants/_/hakonechloa-macra-aureola/classid.2000011921/

  • madpenguinmadpenguin Posts: 2,468
    Cloggie said:
    Not japanese forest grass no? https://www.crocus.co.uk/plants/_/hakonechloa-macra-aureola/classid.2000011921/

    No,I have that in my garden already. :)
    It is not clump forming so still think it may be some sort of annual wheat.
    “Every day is ordinary, until it isn't.” - Bernard Cornwell-Death of Kings
  • madpenguinmadpenguin Posts: 2,468
    Went back to the gravel patch and pulled up a stem of the plant.
    May give someone an idea of what it might be!
    It is about a foot or so tall.



    “Every day is ordinary, until it isn't.” - Bernard Cornwell-Death of Kings
  • Lizzie27Lizzie27 Posts: 10,822
    I looked at it and thought that's corn but I'm not so sure now. We need one of our farming members to advise.
    North East Somerset - Clay soil over limestone
  • pitter-patterpitter-patter Posts: 2,120
    Could it be millet?
  • madpenguinmadpenguin Posts: 2,468
    Maybe a type of millet?
    Looks like someone may have chucked their budgie cage contents onto the gravel!
    “Every day is ordinary, until it isn't.” - Bernard Cornwell-Death of Kings
  • pitter-patterpitter-patter Posts: 2,120
    snap
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