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Scientific classification
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Clade: | Commelinids |
| Order: | Poales |
| Family: | Poaceae |
| Subfamily: | Pooideae |
| Genus: | Melica |
| Species: | M. nitens
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| Melica nitens | |
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List
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Melica nitens is a species of grass known by the common names threeflower melicgrass or three-flowered melic. [3] It is native to the central United States. [4] [1]
Description
This perennial grass has short rhizomes and sometimes forms bunches. The stems grow up to 1.3 meters tall. The inflorescence is a branching panicle of spikelets. The spikelets normally have three perfect flowers in one sided panicles. [3] Despite its name, the grass may also have spikelets with two or four flowers each, [4] often two. [5] The rachilla is longer than the fertile florets, and terminates in a club. [3] The sterile florets are two empty lemmas. [3]
Habitat
In the wild this plant grows in wooded areas, grasslands, streambanks, and roadsides. [5] In some areas it is considered "highly threatened by land-use conversion and habitat fragmentation, and to a lesser extent by forest management practices." [1] In other areas it is cultivated and sown as a forage grass. [5] In the US state of Minnesota, where it reaches its most northerly range in the extreme south eastern part of the state, it is listed as a threatened species; it was historically found in sandy soiled woodlands and prairie. [3] In Wisconsin it is listed as a Special Concern plant, and is found on steep slopes or rocky embankments around the states southern floodplains, mesic forests, and dry prairies. [6]
References
- ^ a b c Melica nitens. NatureServe.
- ^ "Melica nitens (Scribn.) Nutt. ex Piper | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 2022-01-02.
- ^ a b c d e Barbara Coffin; Lee Pfannmuller (1988). Minnesota's Endangered Flora and Fauna. U of Minnesota Press. p. 113. ISBN 978-0-8166-1689-3.
- ^ a b Melica nitens. Archived 2015-07-03 at the Wayback Machine Grass Manual Treatment.
- ^ a b c Melica nitens. USDA NRCS Plant Fact Sheet.
- ^ "Three-flowered Melic Grass (Melica nitens) - Wisconsin DNR". dnr.wi.gov. Retrieved 2021-12-30.
| Melica nitens | |
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Scientific classification
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Clade: | Commelinids |
| Order: | Poales |
| Family: | Poaceae |
| Subfamily: | Pooideae |
| Genus: | Melica |
| Species: | M. nitens
|
| Binomial name | |
| Melica nitens | |
| Synonyms [2] | |
|
List
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Melica nitens is a species of grass known by the common names threeflower melicgrass or three-flowered melic. [3] It is native to the central United States. [4] [1]
Description
This perennial grass has short rhizomes and sometimes forms bunches. The stems grow up to 1.3 meters tall. The inflorescence is a branching panicle of spikelets. The spikelets normally have three perfect flowers in one sided panicles. [3] Despite its name, the grass may also have spikelets with two or four flowers each, [4] often two. [5] The rachilla is longer than the fertile florets, and terminates in a club. [3] The sterile florets are two empty lemmas. [3]
Habitat
In the wild this plant grows in wooded areas, grasslands, streambanks, and roadsides. [5] In some areas it is considered "highly threatened by land-use conversion and habitat fragmentation, and to a lesser extent by forest management practices." [1] In other areas it is cultivated and sown as a forage grass. [5] In the US state of Minnesota, where it reaches its most northerly range in the extreme south eastern part of the state, it is listed as a threatened species; it was historically found in sandy soiled woodlands and prairie. [3] In Wisconsin it is listed as a Special Concern plant, and is found on steep slopes or rocky embankments around the states southern floodplains, mesic forests, and dry prairies. [6]
References
- ^ a b c Melica nitens. NatureServe.
- ^ "Melica nitens (Scribn.) Nutt. ex Piper | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 2022-01-02.
- ^ a b c d e Barbara Coffin; Lee Pfannmuller (1988). Minnesota's Endangered Flora and Fauna. U of Minnesota Press. p. 113. ISBN 978-0-8166-1689-3.
- ^ a b Melica nitens. Archived 2015-07-03 at the Wayback Machine Grass Manual Treatment.
- ^ a b c Melica nitens. USDA NRCS Plant Fact Sheet.
- ^ "Three-flowered Melic Grass (Melica nitens) - Wisconsin DNR". dnr.wi.gov. Retrieved 2021-12-30.