Elytrigia atherica Sea Couch C DD N
Elytrigia atherica growns in similar places to Elytrigia juncea (Sand Couch) with which it can be confused and both were growing at this site. E. juncea tends to be lower growing and the stems often lie parallel to the ground where E. atherica can be much taller and upright.
E. atherica is common around the coasts of England, Wales and southern Ireland but there are only a few site sin soutern Scotland.
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Oxwich Dunes, Gower, 9th July 2009
Added on September 29th 2009, updated 29th March 2010, updated 1st April 2013