Milium effusum

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Milium effusum
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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
Binomial name
Milium effusum
L.
Synonyms [1]
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    • Agrostis effusaLam.
    • Alopecurus effususLink ex Kunth nom. inval.
    • Decandolia effusa(Lam.) T.Bastard
    • Melica effusa(L.) Salisb.
    • Miliarium effusum(L.) Moench
    • Milium adscendensRoxb. nom. inval.
    • Milium confertumL.
    • Milium dubiumJacquem. ex Hook.f. nom. inval.
    • Milium nepalenseNees nom. inval.
    • Milium transsilvanicumSchur
    • Milium willdenowiiLojac.
    • Paspalum effusum(L.) Raspail

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.

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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

  1. "The Plant List: A Working List of All Plant Species" . Retrieved March 18, 2014.
  2. Harrison, Lorraine (2012). RHS Latin for Gardeners. United Kingdom: Mitchell Beazley. ISBN   978-1845337315.
  3. "Online Atlas of the British & Irish Flora".
  4. "Milium effusum". United States Department of Agriculture. 2009. Retrieved March 29, 2013.
  5. "Plants for a Future".
  6. "RHS Plantfinder - Milium effusum 'Aureum'" . Retrieved 4 April 2018.
  7. "AGM Plants - Ornamental" (PDF). Royal Horticultural Society. July 2017. p. 64. Retrieved 4 April 2018.

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