PLANTS Profile for Melica (melicgrass)

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PLANTS Profile

Melica L.
melicgrass

Symbol:

MELIC

Group:

Monocot

Family:

Poaceae

Duration:

Growth Habit:

Native Status:

None

More Information:

Images:
Melica L.

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Distribution:
Melica L.

See U.S. county distributions (when available) by clicking on the map or the linked states below:
USA (AK, AL, AR, AZ, CA, CO, DC, FL, GA, IA, ID, IL, IN, KS, KY, LA, MD, MI, MN, MO, MS, MT, NC, NE, NJ, NM, NV, NY, OH, OK, OR, PA, SC, SD, TN, TX, UT, VA, WA, WI, WV, WY), CAN (AB, BC, ON, QC, SK)

Related Taxa:
Melica L.

View 342 genera in Poaceae or click below on a thumbnail map or name for species profiles.

Distribution of Melica altissima L.. . Image Available.

Melica altissima
Siberian melicgrass

Distribution of Melica aristata Thurb. ex Bol.. . Image Available.

Melica aristata
bearded melicgrass

Melica brasiliana

Distribution of Melica bulbosa Geyer ex Porter & J.M. Coult.. . Image Available.

Melica bulbosa
oniongrass

Distribution of Melica californica Scribn.. . Image Available.

Melica californica
California melicgrass

Melica ciliata
hairy melicgrass

Distribution of Melica decumbens Thunb.. .

Melica decumbens
staggers grass

Melica eremophila

Distribution of Melica frutescens Scribn.. . Image Available.

Melica frutescens
woody melicgrass

Distribution of Melica fugax Bol.. . Image Available.

Melica fugax
little oniongrass

Distribution of Melica geyeri Munro ex Bol.. . Image Available.

Melica geyeri
Geyer's oniongrass

Distribution of Melica harfordii Bol.. . Image Available.

Melica harfordii
Harford's oniongrass

Melica hyalina

Distribution of Melica imperfecta Trin.. . Image Available.

Melica imperfecta
smallflower melicgrass

Melica macra

Distribution of Melica montezumae Piper. . Image Available.

Melica montezumae
Montezuma melicgrass

Distribution of Melica mutica Walter. . Image Available.

Melica mutica
twoflower melicgrass

Distribution of Melica nitens (Scribn.) Nutt. ex Piper. . Image Available.

Melica nitens
threeflower melicgrass

Melica persica

Distribution of Melica porteri Scribn.. . Image Available.

Melica porteri
Porter's melicgrass

Melica rigida

Melica sarmentosa

Distribution of Melica smithii (Porter ex A. Gray) Vasey. . Image Available.

Melica smithii
Smith's melicgrass

Distribution of Melica spectabilis Scribn.. . Image Available.

Melica spectabilis
purple oniongrass

Distribution of Melica stricta Bol.. . Image Available.

Melica stricta
rock melicgrass

Distribution of Melica subulata (Griseb.) Scribn.. . Image Available.

Melica subulata
Alaska oniongrass

Distribution of Melica torreyana Scribn.. . Image Available.

Melica torreyana
Torrey's melicgrass

Native

Introduced

Classification:
Melica L.

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Kingdom	Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision	Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division	Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class	Liliopsida – Monocotyledons
Subclass	Commelinidae
Order	Cyperales
Family	Poaceae – Grass family
Genus	Melica L. – melicgrass

More Accounts and Images:
Melica L.

View species account from the Grass Manual on the Web.

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 41842.

View species account and distribution map from Jepson Interchange (University of California - Berkeley).

Time Generated: 05/23/2013 06:15 PM CDT