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
1385

Grid Square Count

1987-2007	Ever
Monads: 501	562
Tetrads: 286	322
Hectads: 33	36

Conservation Status

Account last edited
Jun 18 2004

Explanation of terms

Species Details

Quaking Grass is a native perennial of unimproved grasslands on a wide range of soil types. It is very common and locally abundant on the dry calcareous soils of the White Peak as at Batham Gate (SK1078), Lathkill Dale (SK1665) and Hopton Quarry (SK2656). Elsewhere it is much more sporadic in occurrence as at Long Clough (SK0392) in the Dark Peak, Markland Grips (SK5074) on the Magnesian Limestone and Chellaston Field (SK3829) in the Trent Valley. Previously it was more frequent in the lowland parts of our area. This loss is part of a national decline since 1962 due to agricultural improvement (Preston XXet al. 2002). Locally it is known as Doddering Dillies.