Elytrigia atherica (Link) Kerguélen ex Carras (Agropyron pungens auct. non (Pers) Roem. & Schult; Elymus pungens (Pers.) Melderis; Triticum pungens Pers.; Triticum junceum sensu Martyn & Lyons)
Conservation status: C
First record: J Martyn, c.1727
Eragrostis maritima, minor, foliis brevibus, convoluti. Gramen paniculatum maritimum vulgatissimum Hist.1281. Cum sequente? comptis longis Eragrostis maritima purpureoargenteis. Gramen caninum maritimum paniculatum. [Ray,1688a,] Hist.1286.
Triticum junceum Martyn,1763.
Triticum junceum A maritime variety of T. repens, Raii Syn. 390, n.3, is often taken for T. junceum; and Mr. Relhan, anxious as every true naturalist ought to be for the promotion of truth, has authorized us to say that his T. junceum, p.55, is no other. Smith,Eng.Bot. (1801) 12:814. 30
By stile from S embankment, (FP 13) to disused railway, Ring's End, Elm, 3972.0270, DA Wells, 27.9.1997, [R]. 40
Triticum repens g Wisbech, by the River side, above,... the Town. Relhan,1788.
Triticum repens g Huds. River side, above... ye Town 1795 Skrim.MS.
On both sides of the river at Foul Anchour. Above... the town of Wisbech abundantly. Bab.1860,286.
By the river side at Foul Anchor on both sides of the river.Above... the town of Wisbech, abundantly. Bab.MS.3:919.
Above the town of Wisbech, HD.ann.
Above the River at Wisbech, JSL Gilmour, 1930. 40/41
Triticum junceum Martyn,1763,3.
Triticum junceum. prope Wisbich. Dr Martyn.+Lyons,1763,19(35).
Triticum junceum Wisbech Fisher ann. Berkenhout,30.
Triticum junceum Rushy Wheatgrass. Near Wisbech. Relhan,1785. 41
By the Riverside below Wisbech. JM.ann.Meth.108.
Triticum repens g Wisbech, by the River side,... below the Town. Relhan,1788.
Triticum repens g Huds. River side,... below ye Town 1795 Skrim.MS.
Riverside below Wisbeach. Relhan,1802;1820.
Triticum repens g Riverside below Wisbech. Bab.ann.Relhan,51.
Tydd Marsh, Cambridgeshire, CC Babington, 3 Oct 1853, det PJO Trist 1984, CGE.
Wisbech, CC Babington, 7 Oct 1859, det PJO Trist 1984, CGE.
By the river side at Foul Anchor on both sides of the river.... below the town of Wisbech, abundantly. Bab.MS.3:919.
On both sides of the river at Foul Anchour. Above and below the town of Wisbech abundantly. Bab.1860,286.
Foul Anchor, AF.cat.
N Level Main Drain, JSL Gilmour, 1930.
Left of river at Foul Anchor, JSL Gilmour, 1930.
Left bank of R.Nene, Foul Anchor, SM Walters, JSL Gilmour, PD Sell & C West, 18.9.1952, det PJO Trist 1984, CGE.
Foul Anchor, P. Adam, 1976.
Frequent on bank of R. Nene at Foul Anchor, 466.172, PD Sell 61/694, 22.9.1961, det PJO Trist 1984, CGE.
Foul Anchor, SM Walters, 18.8.1973, CNT exc., [R].
E. bank of the Nene, AC Leslie, 1983.
Foul Anchor, G Crompton & R Payne, 1987, [R].
Foul Anchor, PH Oswald, 9.9.1991, [R].
Foul Anchor, DE Coombe & PH Oswald, 16.9.1992, [R].
Foul Anchor, V.c.28 & 29, G Beckett,G Crompton & DA Wells, et al, 26.7.1992, [R].
Foul Anchor, CJ Cadbury, 6.1994, [R].
Often a closed sward & abundant near river N of fence, 466.176, PH Oswald, 22.8.1998, [R].
Foul Anchor, 465.175, R Parslow, 2.9.1999, [R].
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Newton, V.c.28, 41L, & 4615, G Beckett, G Crompton DA Wells et al, 26.7.1992, [R].
Wisbech Docks, 41K, TCG Rich & S Lambert, 21.5.1987, [R].
Elm, by stile from S embankment (FP13) to disused railway line, DA Wells, 27.1997.