Loose Silky-bent

Apera spica-venti (L.) P. Beauv.

GB Red List England Red List GB Scarcity Norfolk Scarcity
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ARCHAEOPHYTE, AXIOPHYTE

Apera spica-venti

Loose Silky-bent is an annual of open habitats, mostly in arable fields, where it can be a troublesome weed, but also in a wide variety of waste places, including sandy tracks and roadsides (D. A. Pearman in Preston et al, 2002)

In Norfolk, Loose Silky-bent occurs primarily on arable land in the Brecks and the Fens. A few widely scattered occurrences elsewhere, including those in vc 27, may just be casuals.

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