This is very similar to Helictotrichon pratense (Meadow oat-grass) and I find them growing in similar places too. The difference is that in H. pubescens the lower leaves and particularly the lower stem are distinctly hairy. It is a grassland species so even to see the lower stem means foraging in the undergrowth.

H. pubescens is a fairly common grass throughout the British Isles and Ireland.

Re-directed to Avenula pubescens following a name change in 2010 in New Flora of the British Isles by Clive Stace.

The Great Orme, North Wales 26th May 2009

Added 30th September 2009, updated 6th April 2010, updated and re-directed 15th December 2010