Agrostis stock illustrations

Grasses, left side: 1) Common bent (Agrostis capillaris, or Agrostis vulgaris) and spike (a); 2) Creeping bentgrass (Agrostis stolonifera, or Agrostis alba) and spike (a); 3) Loose silky-bent (Apera spica-venti, or Agrostis spica venti) and spike (a); 4) Foxtail millet (Setaria italica) and spike (a); 5) Meadow foxtail (Alopecurus pratensis) and spike (a); 6) Sweet vernal grass (Anthoxanthum odoratum) and spike (a); 7) Canary grass (Phalaris canariensis) and ripe spike; 8) Timothy-grass (Phleum pratense) and spike (a); 9) Proso millet (Panicum miliaceum) and spike. Right side: 1) Tufted hairgrass (Deschampsia cespitosa, or Aira caespitosa) and spike; 2) Vilfa stellata (Cynodon dactylum) and spike (a); 3) Yorkshire fog (Holcus lanatus) and spike (a); 4) Gray clubawn grass (Corynephorus canescens, or Aira canescens) and spike (a); 5) Yellow oatgrass (Trisetum flavescens, or Avena flavescens) and spike (a); 6) False oat-grass (Arrhenatherum elatius, or Avena elatior) and spike (a); 7) Creeping soft grass (Holcus mollis) and spike (a); 8) Meadow oat-grass (Helictotrichon pratense, or Avena pratensis) and blossom. Wood engravings, published in 1897.

Digitally restored image of an original antique illustration by Sowerby published in 1860s in The English Botany.

Grasses: 1) Fishpole bamboo (Phyllostachys aurea, or Bambusa aurea); 2) Andropogen formosus; 3) Pampas grass (Cortaderia selloana, or Gynerium argentum); 4) Uruguayan fountaingrass (Pennisetum latifolium); 5) Ravennagrass (Saccharum ravennae, or Erianthus Ravennae); 6) Euchlaena luxurians; 7) Korean uksae (Miscanthus sinensis, or Eulalia japonica); 8) Foxtail barley (Hordeum jubatum); 9) Melic grass (Melica macra); 10) Hare's-tail grass (Lagurus ovatus); 11) Cloud grass (Agrostis nebulosa); 12) Silver hairgrass (Aira caryophyllea, or Aira pulchella); 13) Palmgrass (Setaria palmifolia, or Panicum plicatum); 14) Rattlesnake brome (Bromus brizaeformis); 15) European feather grass (Stipa pennata). Wood engraving, published in 1897.

Vintage engraved illustration isolated on white background - Creeping bentgrass, creeping bent, fiorin, spreading bent or carpet bentgrass (Agrostis stolonifera)

Digitally restored image of an original antique illustration by Sowerby published in 1860s in The English Botany.

Digitally restored image of an original antique illustration by Sowerby published in 1860s in The English Botany.

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Digitally restored image of an original antique illustration by Sowerby published in 1860s in The English Botany.

"Antique 19th-century illustration of sandgrass and colonial bentgrass. Engraving by Jacob Sturm (1771-1848) from the book Deutschlands Flora in Abbildungen nach der Natur mit Beschreibungen (Nuremberg, 1862)."