Melica subulata
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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. subulata
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| Binomial name | |
| Melica subulata | |
Melica subulata is a species of grass known by the common name Alaska oniongrass.
Distribution
It is native to western North America from Alaska to California to Colorado, where it grows in moist habitat, often in forests.
Melica subulata is a main understory member of the Douglas-fir/Alaska oniongrass plant community, a rare plant association that occurs on the southern edge of Vancouver Island on the Strait of Georgia.[1] This plant community once had a wider range, occurring also along the Puget Sound and in the Willamette Valley.[1]
Description
Melica subulata is a rhizomatous perennial grass with clustered onionlike corms at the base of each stem. It grows to a maximum height near 1.3 meters. The inflorescence is a narrow or spreading panicle of cylindrical, pointed spikelets which may be nearly 3 centimeters long.
References
External links
- Melica
- Grasses of the United States
- Grasses of Canada
- Native grasses of California
- Flora of the Northwestern United States
- Flora of Alaska
- Flora of British Columbia
- Flora of Colorado
- Flora of Nevada
- Flora of the Cascade Range
- Flora of the Rocky Mountains
- Flora of the Sierra Nevada (U.S.)
- Natural history of the California Coast Ranges
- Pooideae stubs