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Melica nutans L.

mountain melick (Poaceae / Gramineae)

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Melica nutans is a grass of base-rich areas, mostly in the north and west of Great Britain, where it grows in shady sites, such as woodlands and grikes in limestone pavements.

Dowdeswell (VC33: East Gloucestershire); 2018-05-16

 mountain melick / Melica nutans: _Melica nutans_ is a grass of base-rich areas, mostly in the north and west of Great Britain, where it grows in shady sites, such as woodlands and grikes in limestone pavements.

The leaf-sheaths of Melica nutans lack the pointed bristle seen in Melica uniflora.

Dowdeswell (VC33: East Gloucestershire); 2018-05-16

 mountain melick / Melica nutans: The leaf-sheaths of _Melica nutans_ lack the pointed bristle seen in _Melica uniflora_.

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