Habitats:
Ditches, farmland, gardens, grassland, heathland, hedgerows, meadows, saltmarshes, sand dunes, seaside, wasteland, wetland, woodland.
Clusters of flower spikelets, usually awned. Spikelets have only one floret. Often purplish. Similar in appearance to Common Bent (Agrostis capillaris) but its flowerheads are less open. Wind pollinated.