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Melica bulbosa (bulbous oniongrass; oniongrass)

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Wikipedia Abstract

Melica bulbosa is a species of grass known by the common name oniongrass. The common name comes from the onionlike appearance of the corm at its root; it is not related to the onions. It is native to western North America from British Columbia to the Rocky Mountains to California. It may or may not occur as far east as Texas. Its habitat includes mountain forest and woods, open hillsides, and streambanks.
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Infraspecies

Melica bulbosa var. typica

Attributes

Leaf Type [1]  Deciduous
Structure [1]  Grass

Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Climate Land Use
Cedar Breaks National Monument III 6111 Utah, United States
Craters of the Moon National Monument V 690996 Idaho, United States
Fraser Biosphere Reserve 23050 Colorado, United States  
Yellowstone Biosphere Reserve II 2196863 Idaho, Montana, Wyoming, United States

External References

USDA Plant Profile

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Citations

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♦ 1Kattge, J. et al. (2011b) TRY - a global database of plant traits Global Change Biology 17:2905-2935
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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