Matgrass Nardus stricta

Features

Perennial.

Species	Perrenial
Living space
Size

Description

Culms are erect and 25–60 centimetres long, with grey-green leaf-blades filiform and involute, ranging from 4–30 cm long by 0.5–1 millimetre wide, i.e. bristle like. The ligules of basal leaves are 0.4–0.8 mm long and blunt, while those of culm leaves are longer, up to 2 mm and more pointed. The roots and shoots are very closely packed together at the base of the plant producing a white, tough, highly reflective feature. The spikelets are very slender and loosely overlapping in two rows each side of the spikelet axis. Each lemma is tipped with a short awn.