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Flora of Cornwall (1999)

The descriptive text, below the map, is from the Flora of Cornwall (1999), which was a Tetrad Atlas (the maps had 2km square dots or Tetrads). The map on this web page depicts the plant's distribution at the 1km square scale and shows the records made pre-2000 which were used in the 1999 Flora and those made since.

Elytrigia repens - Common-couch



Common-couch is a frequent agricultural weed that also grows on road verges and waste ground. Where it is found on Cornish Hedges it is usually a long-standing relic dating from the construction of the hedge, when ' Stroil' , as it is sometimes known, was planted in order to bind the hedge. It is also a common plant on the Isles of Scilly.



Click here to see Aphotoflora images by David Fenwick

Source:

French, C.N., Murphy, R.J. & Atkinson, M. 1999. Flora of Cornwall. Wheal Seton Press, Camborne.