Milium effusum
Milium effusum | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
(unranked): | Angiosperms |
(unranked): | Monocots |
(unranked): | Commelinids |
Order: | Poales |
Family: | Poaceae |
Genus: | Milium |
Species: | M. effusum |
Binomial name | |
Milium effusum L. | |
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Milium effusum (vernacular name American milletgrass or wood millet) is a perennial species of grass in the Poaceae family, native to damp forests of the Holarctic Kingdom.
Habitat
Damp, deciduous woods and shaded banks, where it grows on winter-wet, calcareous to mildly acidic clay and loam soils, and also over rocks in W. Scotland. [2]
Distribution
It can be found in northern United States and Canada.[3] and Europe, including Britain but excluding the Mediterranean, east to Siberia and the Himalayas.[4]
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References
Wikispecies has information related to: Milium effusum |
- ↑ "The Plant List: A Working List of All Plant Species". Retrieved March 18, 2014.
- ↑ "Online Atlas of the British & Irish Flora".
- ↑ "Milium effusum". United States Department of Agriculture. 2009. Retrieved March 29, 2013.
- ↑ "Plants for a Future".
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