Melica subulata
{{Short description|Species of flowering plant}}
{{Speciesbox
|image = Melicasubulata.jpg
|genus = Melica
|species = subulata
|authority = (Griseb.) Scribn.
|synonyms ={{species list |Bromelica subulata|(Griseb.) Farw.
|Bromus subulatus|Griseb.
|Festuca acerosa|A.Gray
|Melica acuminata|Bol.
|Melica pammelii|Scribn.
|Melica pooides var. acuminata|(Bol.) Scribn.
|Melica subulata var. pammelii|(Scribn.) C.L.Hitchc.}}
}}
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.[http://www.env.gov.bc.ca/wld/frpa/iwms/documents/Plant%20Communities/pc_douglasfiralaskaoniongrass.pdf Douglas-Fir/Alaska Oniongrass Plant Community Information Sheet]. This plant community once had a wider range, occurring also along the Puget Sound and in the Willamette Valley.
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
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External links
- [http://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/cgi-bin/get_JM_treatment.pl?8738,9100,9111 Jepson Manual Treatment - Melica subulata]
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20110611154004/http://herbarium.usu.edu/webmanual/info2.asp?name=Melica_subulata&type=treatment Grass Manual Treatment]
- [http://calphotos.berkeley.edu/cgi/img_query?query_src=photos_index&where-taxon=Melica+subulata Melica subulata - Photo gallery]
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Category:Grasses of the United States
Category:Native grasses of California
Category:Flora of the Northwestern United States
Category:Flora of British Columbia
Category:Flora of the Cascade Range
Category:Flora of the Rocky Mountains
Category:Flora of the Sierra Nevada (United States)
Category:Natural history of the California Coast Ranges
Category:Flora without expected TNC conservation status
Category:Taxa named by August Grisebach
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