Click here for a link to the online Atlas of the British and Irish Flora with details of the plant ecology, distribution, photos and habitats: https://www.brc.ac.uk/plantatlas/index.php?q=plant/cynosurus-cristatus
Link to information from the Natural History Museum: http://www.nhm.ac.uk/our-science/data/uk-species/species/cynosurus_cristatus.html
Click here for a link to the biological flora; a summary of all that is known about the ecological requirements of the plant, published in the Journal of Ecology: http://www.jstor.org/stable/2257379