Melica
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Melica is a genus of perennial grasses
known generally as melic or melic grass. They are found in most temperate regions of the world. They are clumping grasses with long, erect stems bearing spikelets of papery grass flowers. Some species of melic have corm
s and are sometimes called oniongrass.
Selected species:
Poaceae
The Poaceae is a large and nearly ubiquitous family of flowering plants. Members of this family are commonly called grasses, although the term "grass" is also applied to plants that are not in the Poaceae lineage, including the rushes and sedges...
known generally as melic or melic grass. They are found in most temperate regions of the world. They are clumping grasses with long, erect stems bearing spikelets of papery grass flowers. Some species of melic have corm
Corm
A corm is a short, vertical, swollen underground plant stem that serves as a storage organ used by some plants to survive winter or other adverse conditions such as summer drought and heat ....
s and are sometimes called oniongrass.
Selected species:
- Melica altissimaMelica altissimaMelica altissima, commonly known as Siberian melic grass, is a species of grass in the Poaceae family....
- Siberian melic grass - Melica aristataMelica aristataMelica aristata is a species of grass known by the common names awned melic and bearded melicgrass.-Distribution:It is native to the western United States from the Pacific Northwest to the Sierra Nevada and nearby ranges, where it grows in mountain forests and open hillsides.-Description:Melica...
- bearded melic grass - Melica bulbosaMelica bulbosaMelica 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...
- oniongrass - Melica californicaMelica californicaMelica californica is a species of grass known by the common name California melic.-Distribution:This grass is native to Oregon and California, where it grows in many types of habitat, from mountain forests to open grassland at sea level...
- California melic grass - Melica ciliataMelica ciliataMelica ciliata, commonly called hairy melic or silky spike melic, is a grass species of perennial bunchgrass native to Europe, north Africa, and temperate Asia.-References and external links:* * *...
- hairy melic, silky spike melic - Melica fugaxMelica fugaxMelica fugax is a species of grass known by the common names little oniongrass and little melic. It is native to western North America where it usually grows in volcanic soils in forest and plateau habitat from British Columbia to the Sierra Nevada.Melica fugax is a perennial bunchgrass growing up...
- little oniongrass - Melica geyeriMelica geyeriMelica geyeri is a species of grass known by the common name Geyer's oniongrass.-Distribution:It is native to Oregon and California, including the Sierra Nevada. It grows in many types of habitat, including mountain forests and open hillsides....
- Geyer's oniongrass - Melica harfordiiMelica harfordiiMelica harfordii is a species of grass known by the common name Harford's oniongrass.-Distribution:It is native to western North America from British Columbia to California, where it grows in many types of habitat, including mountain forests and open hillsides...
- Harford's oniongrass - Melica imperfectaMelica imperfectaMelica imperfecta is a species of grass known by the common name smallflower melic and little California melic.It is native to the Arizona, California, and Nevada in the United States and Baja California in Mexico...
- smallflower melic - Melica montezumae - Montezuma melic
- Melica mutica - two-flower melic grass
- Melica nutansMelica nutansMelica nutans is a bunchgrass species in the Poaceae family, native to Eurasian forests....
- mountain melic; nodding melic - Melica nitens - three-flower melic grass
- Melica picta
- Melica spectabilisMelica spectabilisMelica spectabilis is a species of grass known by the common name Purple oniongrass.-Distribution:It is native to western North America from British Columbia to northern California to the Rocky Mountains, where it grows in moist meadows, forests, and other mountainous habitat.-Description:Melica...
- purple oniongrass - Melica strictaMelica strictaMelica stricta is a species of grass known by the common name rock melic.-Distribution:It is native to California, Oregon, Nevada, and Utah in the western United States. It grows in mountain and plateau habitats, including areas with an alpine climate.-Description:It is a perennial bunchgrass which...
- rock melic grass - Melica subulataMelica subulataMelica 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....
- Alaska oniongrass - Melica torreyanaMelica torreyanaMelica 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...
- Torrey's melic