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Melica ciliata (hairy melic)

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Wikipedia Abstract

Melica ciliata, commonly called hairy melic or silky spike melic, is a grass species of perennial bunchgrass native to Europe, north Africa, and temperate Asia.
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Infraspecies

Melica ciliata ciliata
Melica ciliata transsilvanica
Melica ciliata var. brachyantha
Melica ciliata var. ciliata

Attributes

Light Preference [1]  Mostly Sunny
Soil Acidity [1]  Neutral
Soil Fertility [1]  Infertile
Soil Moisture [1]  Very Dry
Dispersal Mode [2]  Anemochory, Zoochory
Structure [3]  Grass

Protected Areas

Predators

Coenonympha arcania (Pearly Heath)[4]

External References

USDA Plant Profile

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Ellenberg, H., Weber, H.E., Dull, R., Wirth, V., Werner, W., Paulissen, D. (1991) Zeigerwerte von Pflanzen in Mitteleuropa. Scripta Geobotanica 18, 1–248
♦ 2Paula S, Arianoutsou M, Kazanis D, Tavsanoglu Ç, Lloret F, Buhk C, Ojeda F, Luna B, Moreno JM, Rodrigo A, Espelta JM, Palacio S, Fernández-Santos B, Fernandes PM, and Pausas JG. 2009. Fire-related traits for plant species of the Mediterranean Basin. Ecology 90: 1420.
Paula S. & Pausas J.G. 2013. BROT: a plant trait database for Mediterranean Basin species. Version 2013.06.
♦ 3Kattge, J. et al. (2011b) TRY - a global database of plant traits Global Change Biology 17:2905-2935
♦ 4Jorrit H. Poelen, James D. Simons and Chris J. Mungall. (2014). Global Biotic Interactions: An open infrastructure to share and analyze species-interaction datasets. Ecological Informatics.
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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