Milium effusum Linnaeus 1753 (Family Poaceae)

Height: 50-160cm
Arbuscular Mycorrhizal
Perennial, Stoloniferous, Persistent Seed Bank
Hermaphrodite, Flowering May - June (Earliest: 25.5)

Protective Chemicals
Phenolics Kaempferol, Quercetin

Biotopes:
Spruce Forest
Pollination: Wind
Parasites:
Blumeria graminis

Puccinia coronata

Elachista bifasciella Larva (Leaf Miner)

Liriomyza flaveola Larva (Leaf Miner)
Herbivores:
Aphantopus hyperantus Larva

Cnephasia incertana

Cnephasia stephensiana

Apamea scolopacina Larva
Sapivores:
Sitobion avenae

Sitobion fragariae

Ecological Flora of the British Isles


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