Melica nutans



Melica nutans, known as mountain melick, is a grass species in the family Poaceae, native to European and Asian forests.

Description
The grass has slender creeping rhizomes. The culms are 25 - 970 cm tall. It inflorescence is comprised out of 5–15 fertile spikelets, which are both oblong and compressed, with the length of 6 - 8 mm. They are comprise out of 2-3 fertile florets that are diminished at the apex. The florets are 5 – long and are elliptic. Flowers have 3 anthers which are 1.5 – in length. Glumes are thinner than fertile lemma with the lower one being of 4 – which is one length of upper one.

Habitat
It is found at 100 - 2300 m of elevation, in shady and hillside habitats.