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Height: 50-120cm
Arbuscular Mycorrhizal
Perennial, Tufts, Persistent Seed Bank
Hermaphrodite, Flowering April - July
(Earliest: 28.3)
| Biotopes: |
Meadows | |||
| Pollination: | Wind | |||
| Flower Visitors: |
Platycheirus clypeatus |
Platycheirus peltatus |
Bicellaria pilosa |
Dasytes niger |
| Parasites: |
Claviceps purpurea |
Blumeria graminis |
Puccinia coronata |
Several Chloropidae Larvae (Stem Borers) |
Cerodontha denticornis Larva (Leaf Miner) |
Hydrellia griseola Larva (Leaf Miner) |
Opomyza germinationis Larva(Stem Borer) | ||
| Possible Parasites: |
Chlorops limbatus Larva (Stem Borer) | |||
| Herbivores: |
Most Hesperiidae Larvae |
Lacanobia oleracea |
Euthrix potatoria |
Several Tenthredinidae |
Chaetocnema chlorophana | ||||
| Possible Herbivores: |
Mesapamea secalis Larva |
Phyllotreta vittula | ||
| Sapivores: |
Several Aphididae |
Several Miridae |
Dicranotropis hamata | |
| Possible Sapivores: |
Megaloceroea.recticornis |
Ecological Flora of the British Isles
Skye Flora:
Meadow Foxtail
Pictures © 2003, 2004, 2005 J.K. Lindsey
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