Avenella [Deschampsia] flexuosa (Linnaeus 1753) Drejer 1838 (Family Poaceae)

Height: 30-60cm
Arbuscular Mycorrhizal
Perennial, Tufts
Hermaphrodite, Flowering June - July (Earliest: 2.5)

Biotopes:
Heath and Moorland

Spruce Forest
Pollination: Wind
Parasites:
Blumeria graminis

Puccinia coronata

Liriomyza flaveola Larva (Leaf Miner)

Elachista bifasciella Larva (Leaf Miner)

Strophosoma melanogrammum Larva
Herbivores:
Coenonympha pamphilus

Lasiommata megera Larva

Ochlodes sylvanus Larva

Several Noctuidae Larvae

Tenthredopsis coquebertii Larva

Tenthredopsis nassata Larva
Sapivores:
Several Cicadellidae

Stenodema calcarata

Stenodema laevigata

Neophilaenus exclamationis

Tachycixius pilosus Nymph

Javesella discolor
Possible Sapivores:
Stenodema holsata

Stenotus binotatus
Granivores:
Rhopalus parumpunctatus

Ecological Flora of the British Isles
Skye Flora: Wavy Hair-grass


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