Melica torreyana
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Melica torreyana is a species of grass known by the common name Torrey's melicgrass.
Distribution
It is endemic to California, where it grows in chaparral, grassland, and other hillside and mountain habitats in the northern and central sections of the state.
Description
Melica torreyana is a perennial bunchgrass with dense clumps of stems up to a meter-3 feet long. The inflorescence is a narrow panicle of small spikelets each under a centimeter long.
External links
- Jepson Manual Treatment - Melica torreyana
- USDA Plants Profile: Melica torreyana
- Grass Manual Treatment
- Melica torreyana - Photo Gallery
Categories:
- Melica
- Bunchgrasses of North America
- Endemic flora of California
- Native grasses of California
- Flora of the Klamath Mountains
- Flora of the Sierra Nevada (U.S.)
- Natural history of the California chaparral and woodlands
- Natural history of the California Coast Ranges
- Natural history of the San Francisco Bay Area
- Pooideae stubs