Kingdom Plantae Family Poaceae Scientific name Milium effusum Rank Species | Order Poales Genus Milium Higher classification Milium | |
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Similar Milium, Grasses, Melica nutans, Poa nemoralis, Melica | ||
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Milium effusum (vernacular name American milletgrass or wood millet) is a perennial species of grass in the Poaceae family, native to damp forests of the Holarctic Kingdom.
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Habitat
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 W. Scotland.
Distribution
It can be found in northern United States and Canada. and Europe, including Britain but excluding the Mediterranean, east to Siberia and the Himalayas.
References
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