Elytrigia atherica (Link) Kerguélen
(Sea Couch)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesElytrigia atherica (Sea Couch)
GenusElytrigia (couch grasses)
TribeTriticeae (wheats & barleys)
SubfamilyPOOIDEAE (a subfamily of grasses)
FamilyPOACEAE (grasses, couch)
OrderPOALES (grasses, sedges & rushes)
ClassMAGNOLIOPSIDA (flowering plants)
PhylumTRACHEOPHYTA (vascular plants)
KingdomPLANTAE (plants)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
Records of Elytrigia atherica (Sea Couch) :
1: Elytrigia atherica (Sea Couch)
21 Jul 2002 OSGR: ST25 51° 20’ N, 3° 0’ W Vice County: North Somerset (VC 6) England
Image 1: Flower spikes against the skyImage 2: Flower spikes against the sky (2)Image 3: PlantsImage 4: Flower spikeImage 5: Flower spike - detail - enlargedImage 6: Spikelet - magnifiedImage 7: Spikelets - enlarged

Elytrigia atherica (Sea Couch) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Elytrigia atherica (Sea Couch)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 17 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Elytrigia atherica (Sea Couch)
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