The Flora of Derbyshire - Checklist, Maps and Sample Accounts

THIS IS A DRAFT

The species account below is an early version, drafted around 2003. It has been provided here to aid understanding, but please be aware it may not fully tally with the up-to-date map and statistics shown below.

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Dates
First year: 1789
Latest year: 2007

County Status
Native

Family
Poaceae

Total records held
1955

Grid Square Count

1987-2007	Ever
Monads: 801	877
Tetrads: 380	413
Hectads: 39	40

Conservation Status

Account last edited
Jun 26 2004

Explanation of terms

Species Details

Wavy Hair-grass is a tufted native perennial of moors, heaths, open woods and rock outcrops with dry acid soils. It is very common and locally abundant throughout the South West Peak, Dark Peak and Peak Fringe. Elsewhere it is only occasional though it was previously more frequent in these parts. This loss, which mirrors a national decline in lowland areas (Preston XXet al. 2002), has been mainly due to agricultural improvement of grasslands. It has a local name of Silver Spoons.