Vlaamse Vereniging voor Entomologie

Butterflies in the Benelux
Frits Bink & Rosita Moenen 2015

Based on: Dagvlinders in de Benelux 2013
Revised and extended
Edited by Sylvain Cuvelier & Peter Russell

Vlaamse Vereniging voor Entomologie
VVE Werkgroep Dagvlinders

Flemish Entomological Society
VVE Workgroup Butterflies

Appendix 1	Appendix 3

Appendix 2. Common Grasses

Scientific name	English name	ecotype

Short grasses
Agrostis capillaris	common bent	acid grassland
Agrostis stolonifera	creeping bent	disturbed ground, grassland
Agrostis canina	velvet bent	damp grassy places
Corynephorus canescens	grey hair-grass	acid sandy soils, dunes
Cynosurus cristatus	crested dog’s-tail	meadows and pastures
Danthonia decumbens	heath grass	heath, sand, peat, acid grassland
Festuca brevipilla (= F. cinerea)	grey fescue	dry grassland, acid soil
Festuca ovina	sheep’s fescue	dry grassland, downs, heath, moors
Festuca filiformis	fine leaved sheep’s fescue	acid soils, dunes, saltmarshes
Koeleria macrantha	crested hair-grass	calcareous grassland, wood edges
Nardus stricta	mat-grass	heaths, moors, very infertile soils
Poa annua	annual meadow-grass	bare and disturbed ground

Medium tall grasses
Alopecurus pratensis	common fox-tail	grassland on neutral soils
Bromus erectus	upright brome	chalk and limestone grassland
Dactylis glomerata	cocksfoot	woods, grassy places
Deschampsia cespitosa	tufted hair-grass	damp woods, grassland, marshes
Elymus repens	common couch	waste and cultivated ground
Festuca pratensis	meadow fescue	heavely and cultivated soils
Festuca rubra	red fescue	grassy places
Holcus lanatus	Yorkshire fog	grassland and waste ground
Lolium perenne	perennial rye-grass	grassy places, for pasture and hay
Melica uniflora	wood melick	beech-wood and sandy banks
Phleum pratense	timothy grass	grassland, waysides, waste grounds
Poa nemoralis	wood meadow-grass	woods and shady places
Poa pratensis	smooth meadow-grass	dry and sunny places
Poa trivialis	rough meadow-grass	damp and shady, grassy places

Tall grasses
Arrhenaterum elatius	false oat-grass	grassland. waysides, waste ground
Brachypodium pinnatum	tor grass	calcareous grassland
Brachypodium sylvaticum	false brome	woods, scrub, shady hedge banks
Calamagrostis epigejos	wood small-reed	damp woods, fens, heavily soils
Calamagrostis canescens	purple small-reed	fens, marshes, wet woods
Festuca arundinacea	tall fescue	road verges, grassy places
Festuca gigantea	giant fescue	woods and sandy banks
Millium effusum	wood millet	damp and calcareous soils
Molinia caerulea	purple moor-grass	marshes, fens, fluctuating water table
Phalaris arundinacea	reed canary-grass	marshes, fens, damp woods

Appendix 1	Appendix 3

Contact Werkgroep Dagvlinders: Jurgen Couckuyt