Helictochloa pratensis explained

Helictochloa pratensis, known as meadow oat-grass, is a species of perennial flowering plant in the grass family Poaceae, found in temperate parts of Europe and Asia. Its culms are erect and 30–85 cm long; leaves are mostly basal. It is restricted to shallow, calcareous soils such as those formed on chalk and limestone substrates.^[1]

Further reading

• GrassBase entry
  • Rzut. Oka Jeogr. Fiz. Wol. Pod. 10. 1828
• Roser, M. 1995. Taxon 44:395.
• Tutin, T. G. et al., eds. 1964–1980. Flora europaea. [''Avenula pratensis'' (L.) Dumort.].
• Tzvelev, N. N. 1976. Zlaki SSSR.

Notes and References

1. Book: Tom . Cope . Alan . Gray . 2009 . 978-0-901158-420 . Grasses of the British Isles: BSBI Handbook No.13 . Botanical Society of Britain and Ireland .