Quiet Around Here

[Al Fowler]

Having done two minutes of internet research, I now feel quite an authority on the subject.

It looks like mat grass (Nardus stricta) to me:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/davejglaves/267708707/

http://www.jstor.org/pss/2255503

Thats the stuff...although, on further googling mat grass seems to be alot thinner...but this cotton grass stuff, ive never seen this grass in question to have any cotton like flowers on it.

[Stolly]

Thats the stuff...although, on further googling mat grass seems to be alot thinner...but this cotton grass stuff, ive never seen this grass in question to have any cotton like flowers on it.

Al there's a few different but similarly looking 'grasses'. This web site is "really really useful" ---> Peatlands

I reckon it could be any of the following:

Black Bog Rush
Deer Grass or Deer Sedge
Common Cottongrass
Hare's Tail Cottongrass

I now feel a total bog grass expert

[Al Fowler]

Al there's a few different but similarly looking 'grasses'. This web site is "really really useful" ---> Peatlands

I reckon it could be any of the following:

Black Bog Rush
Deer Grass or Deer Sedge
Common Cottongrass
Hare's Tail Cottongrass

I now feel a total bog grass expert

I think black bog rush is the winner - actually now im not so sure.

Looking at deer sedge...i remember seeing that in the past, but always thought i was just the ordinary stuff that had been eaten/hadnt grown properly.

Wow, how did i ever go out on the fells and never previously pay any attention to the grass...my, it puts another dimention onto our hobby!

[Mike D-H]

It was quiet here!!! .... a lovely morning.

Anyone Guess which race it was???

The reason its quiet is that I'm so slow I got an early handicap offing

[Mike D-H]

praps I ought to 'ave renamed the pic

[Al Fowler]

praps I ought to 'ave renamed the pic

I'll delete my post, you rename and repost the picture and you can let everyone guess.

[Mike D-H]

still .... i got to the end and looked like this with me T - shirt

[Mike D-H]

and get this .......... Icebreaker caught a view of some of the images and invited me to Blog on their site !!!!

http://blog.icebreaker.com/category/athletes/

look down to September!!

an I got freebies! who'd `ave thought someone so slow gets appearance money am I disqualified from owt now?

[IanDarkpeak]

Fascinating grass-related facts

Anyone fancy a 'Today's moorland vegetation' thread

...guided tours are available of labrador tea plants and if it's the right time of year the ultra rare(in this country) Bog Billberry. Cloudberries also a speciality

[Al Fowler]

and get this .......... Icebreaker caught a view of some of the images and invited me to Blog on their site !!!!

http://blog.icebreaker.com/category/athletes/

look down to September!!

an I got freebies! who'd `ave thought someone so slow gets appearance money am I disqualified from owt now?

You like merino then?