Kamis, 17 Juni 2010

The Brush Grass

Brush Grass (Nardus stricta) is a plant that belongs to the grass family (Poaceae). The species is on the Dutch Red List of plants as general if it has fallen sharply. The plant occurs naturally in the northern hemisphere. South Holland and South Limburg, the plant is very rare.


Grass grows in dense brush pollen and 10-40 cm high. The thin stems are upright and are usually only at the base filled with leaves. The brush-shaped, gray green leaves are rough. The drienervige, is truncated ligule 0.9 mm long.


The plant blooms in May and June with 3-8 cm long, green or purple ears. The 7-15 mm long spikelets are in two rows on one side of the shaft. The lower triangular kelkkafje has a wide base that is fused with the stem. The upper kelkkafje missing or very small. The lower, genaalde husk is 9 mm long and the upper 5 mm. The stamps are about 8 mm long.

The fruit is a fruit crop.


Brush grass occurs in poor, dry, acid soils along roads and in blue heather grassland, also called purple moor grass.



Source: http://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Borstelgras

See also: International Flower Delivery, Florist

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