Agrostis curtisii, the bristle bent, is a species of grass in the family Poaceae native to Eurasia.
It is densely tufted, with hair like leaves and stems that grow up to 60 cm. Its spikelets are yellow-green in colour, and its lemmas are awned. The ligule is pointed.[1]
It has no rhizomes or stolons.
Bristle bent flowers in the UK from June until July and is found typically on dry heaths and moors.[2]
^"Agrostis curtisii Kerguélen".
^Grasses of The British Isles By Tom Cope & Alan Gray, 2009 Botanical Society of the British Isles, ISBN 978-0-901158-413
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heather (Erica cinerea), western gorse (Ulex gallii) and bristle bent (Agrostiscurtisii), while bracken (Pteridium aquilinum) is common on well-drained deeper...
heather Erica cinerea, purple moor-grass Molinia caerulea, bristle bent Agrostiscurtisii and locally bilberry Vaccinium myrtillus. The occurrence of heathland...
include common bent grass, Agrostis capillaris, wavy hair-grass, Deschampsia flexuosa, bristle bent grass, Agrostiscurtisii, tormentil, Potentilla erecta...
of rare species are associated with the community: Bristle Bent (Agrostiscurtisii), Chives (Allium schoenoprasum), Cornish Heath (Erica vagans), Dwarf...
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Euphrasia micrantha and Euphrasia anglica. E. vigursii is endemic to the Agrostiscurtisii-Ulex galli heathlands of South West England, specifically Cornwall...
bent Agrostis vinealis H6 Common bent Agrostis capillaris MG3, MG5, SD12, CG10, W11 Bristle bent Agrostiscurtisii H3, H4 Creeping bent Agrostis stolonifera...
following rare species are associated with the community: Bristle Bent (Agrostiscurtisii) Cornish Heath (Erica vagans) Spring Squill (Scilla verna) This community...
cinerea) Dwarf Gorse (Ulex minor) Two rare species, Bristle Bent (Agrostiscurtisii) and Hairy Greenweed (Genista pilosa), are associated with the community...
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gorse (Ulex gallii). Growing amongst these plants are bristle bent (Agrostiscurtisii), red fescue (Festuca rubra), sheep's–bit (Jasione montana), tormentil...
cinerea) and western gorse (Ulex gallii) also dominant; bristle bent (Agrostiscurtisii) and purple moor-grass (Molinia caerulea) to a lesser extent. Other...
plants and caterpillars have been recorded feeding on bristle beny (Agrostiscurtisii), bell heather (Erica cinerea), cross-leaved heath (Erica tetralix)...
as for example code 35.2 × 64.1 - Open grassland with Corynephorus and Agrostis (35.2), in combination with continental dunes (64.1). Example Annex I habitats...
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