Plantae > Tracheophyta > Liliopsida > Poales > Poaceae > Melica > Melica nutansMelica nutans (Mountain Melick)Synonyms: Aira nutans (homotypic); Dalucum nutans (homotypic); Melica amurensis; Melica montana (heterotypic); Melica nutans amurensis; Melica nutans f. fissurae; Melica nutans var. caespitosa (homotypic); Melica nutans var. composita; Melica nutans var. multiflora; Melica nutans var. viridiflora; Melica picta; Melica picta f. fissurae; Poa nutans (heterotypic) Melica nutans, known as mountain melick, is a grass species in the Poaceae family, native to European, Eurasian, and Asian forests. |
| Height [1] | 24 inches (.6 m) |  | | Lifespan [1] | Perennial | | Structure [3] | Grass | | | Light Preference [2] | Mostly Shady | | Soil Acidity [2] | Neutral | | Soil Fertility [2] | Mostly Infertile | | Soil Moisture [2] | Moist |
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Attributes / relations provided by ♦ 1PLANTATT - Attributes of British and Irish Plants: Status, Size, Life History, Geography and Habitats, M. O. Hill, C. D. Preston & D. B. Roy, Biological Records Centre, NERC Centre for Ecology and Hydrology (2004) ♦ 2ECOFACT 2a Technical Annex - Ellenberg’s indicator values for British Plants, M O Hill, J O Mountford, D B Roy & R G H Bunce (1999) ♦ 3Kattge, J. et al. (2011b) TRY - a global database of plant traits Global Change Biology 17:2905-2935 |
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0
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