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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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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The Latin specific epithet effusum means "spreading loosely".[2]
Habitat
editMilium 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
editIt 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
editThe 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]
Gallery
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References
edit- ^ "The Plant List: A Working List of All Plant Species". 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".
- ^ "Milium effusum". United States Department of Agriculture. 2009. Retrieved March 29, 2013.
- ^ "Plants for a Future".
- ^ "RHS Plantfinder - Milium effusum 'Aureum'". Retrieved 4 April 2018.
- ^ "AGM Plants - Ornamental" (PDF). Royal Horticultural Society. July 2017. p. 64. Retrieved 4 April 2018.
Further reading
edit- 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.