Puccinella distans (Jacq.) Parl. See also Part II (click
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Conservation status: C
First record: Relhan, 1786
Since 1980 it has also been recorded on roadsides in the following 10Km squares: 23,24,25,26,29,33,34,35,36,37,38,39,44,45,46,47,48,49,54,55,56,57,58,64,65,66,
20,40,41.
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Paper–mills. Relhan,1786.
Poa distans Reflexed Meadow–grass. Near the first Dunghil by the Road to Madingley. Relhan,1786.
On the Madingley Road from Cambridge according to Relhans Habitat. July 1794. Skrim.MS.
By the sides of Dunghills. Common near Cambridge. Relhan,1802;1820. [see also below]
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Cottenham. Relhan,1802;1820.
By the sides of dunghills, common near Cambridge, and Cottenham; Relhan. Probably some other plant. Bab.1860,279.
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Hobbs Lot bridge, Rings End, 396.010, (? salt from roads), GMS Easy, 18.7.1979.
Several plants on S bank of Moreton's Leam, 394.025, DA Wells, 27.7.1997, [R].
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Wisbeach, &c.Relhan,1802;1820.
Wisbeach, JS Henslow, 31.8.1831, det. PJO Trist 1982, CGE.
R. Nene above Wisbech, JSL Gilmour & TG Tutin, 6.1930, det. PJO Trist 1982, CGE.
Bank of river near Horseshoe, Leverington, JL Crosby, 1937.
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Filled canal, Elm, GMS Easy, 1972.
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Glyceria distans not uncommon on the Salt marshes. Skrim.MS.
This Plant grows abundantly, with Glyceria maritima by the River Side below the Town – Wisbech – f. June 1808. Hort.Sicc.1:WBCH.
Very common by the River Side below Wisbech. n.c., 1829. Hort.Sicc.1:WBCH.
Newbould and I went to Wisbech.... then along the old drain to Foul Anchor, where we looked for the plants recorded to have been formerly found there. The salt marshes have quite vanished, and therefore very few of the plants remain. We saw... Sclerochloa distans,... 3.10.1853 Bab.Mem.171.
Tydd Marsh, Foul Anchor, CC Babington, 3.10.1853, det. PJO Trist 1982, CGE.
Foul Anchour in 1853. Wisbech. Bab.1860,279.
Foul Anchor, Wisbech, FH Perring, 18.8.1957, det. PJO Trist 1982, CGE.
Brackish zone of the N Level main drain, Foul Anchor, P. Adam, 1976.
Foul Anchor area: 'abundant on the main marsh terrace, and the population here is the largest known to us in an intertidal position.' Adam & Akeroyd, Nat. in Cambs.(1977) 21:27 & 30.
Foul Anchor, G Crompton & R Payne, 1987, [R].
Foul Anchor, G Beckett & G Crompton, 26.7.1992, [R]; DE Coombe & PH Oswald, 16.9.1992, [R].
Bare areas, Foul Anchor, CJ Cadbury, 6.1994, [R].
Scattered plants on remnant of salt marsh, in trampled area N of gate, Foul Anchor, 466.176, DA Wells & PH Oswald, 22.8.1998.
Foul Anchor, 465.175, R Parslow, 2.9.1999, [R].
Tydd St Giles, V.c.28, G Crompton & DA Wells, 26.7.1992, [R].
Newton, V.c.28, 41M, 46–15–, G Beckett, G Crompton & DA Wells et al, 26.7.1992, [R]
