Woodland Trust

Nature's CalendarNature Detectives

Keep your eyes open for ripe blackberries in the woods and hedgerows - record your sightings

Cocksfoot. Amanda Sharpcocksfoot

Dactylis glomerata

  • A very common grass
     
  • Flower head has 3 or more compact spikes looking a little like a cock’s foot, hence the name
     
  • The base of the stem is flat in cross section
     
  • Look out for its protruding anthers (a tiny club-like structure) to tell its flowering
     

Where foundrecord

All grassland and waste ground
 

When to look for

  • First flowers May-June