Biology:Milium effusum
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Clade: | Commelinids |
| Order: | Poales |
| Family: | Poaceae |
| Subfamily: | Pooideae |
| Genus: | Milium |
| Species: | M. effusum
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Milium effusum, the American milletgrass or wood millet, is a species of flowering plant in the grass family Poaceae, native to damp forests of the Holarctic Kingdom.
The Latin specific epithet effusum means "spreading loosely".[2]
Habitat
Milium effusum inhabits 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 western Scotland.[3]
Distribution
It can be found in the northern United States and Canada,[4] and Europe, including Britain but excluding the Mediterranean, east to Siberia and the Himalayas.[5]
Cultivation
The yellow-leaved cultivar 'Aureum', known as Bowles' golden grass, is cultivated as an ornamental garden plant, and in the UK has won the Royal Horticultural Society’s Award of Garden Merit.[6][7]
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References
- ↑ "The Plant List: A Working List of All Plant Species". http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl1.1/record/kew-424434. Retrieved March 18, 2014.
- ↑ Harrison, Lorraine (2012). RHS Latin for Gardeners. United Kingdom: Mitchell Beazley. ISBN 978-1845337315.
- ↑ "Online Atlas of the British & Irish Flora". http://www.brc.ac.uk/plantatlas/index.php?q=plant/milium-effusum.
- ↑ "Milium effusum". United States Department of Agriculture. 2009. http://plants.usda.gov/java/profile?symbol=MIEF. Retrieved March 29, 2013.
- ↑ "Plants for a Future". http://www.pfaf.org/user/Plant.aspx?LatinName=Milium+effusum.
- ↑ "RHS Plantfinder - Milium effusum 'Aureum'". https://www.rhs.org.uk/Plants/91154/i-Milium-effusum-i-Aureum/Details. Retrieved 4 April 2018.
- ↑ "AGM Plants - Ornamental". Royal Horticultural Society. July 2017. p. 64. https://www.rhs.org.uk/plants/pdfs/agm-lists/agm-ornamentals.pdf. Retrieved 4 April 2018.
Further reading
- P. de Frenne et al. Biological Flora of the British Isles: Milium effusum, Journal of Ecology, 2017, DOI: 10.1111/1365-2745.12744. Detailed overview of all aspects relevant to ecology and behaviour.
Wikidata ☰ Q158963 entry
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