Molinia caerulea (Linnaeus 1753) Moench 1794 (Family Poaceae)

Height: 10-100cm
Arbuscular Mycorrhizal
Perennial, Tufts, Persistent Seed Bank
Hermaphrodite, Flowering July - September (Earliest: 9.6)

Biotopes:
Wet Meadows

Peat Bogs and Mires
Pollination: Wind
Flower Visitors:
Melanostoma scalare
Parasites:
Claviceps purpurea

Blumeria graminis

Puccinia coronata

Puccinia nemoralis

Elachista subalbidella Larva (Leaf Miner)
Herbivores:
Several Hesperiidae

Several Nymphalidae Larvae

Several Noctuidae

Hypenodes humidalis Larva

Rivula sericealis Larva

Crambus pascuella Larva

Several Chrysomelidae
Sapivores:
Several Miridae

Delphacodes venosus

Muellerianella extrusa

Jassargus sursumflexus

Zyginidia scutellaris

Sitobion avenae

Sitobion fragariae

Neophilaenus lineatus

Ecological Flora of the British Isles
Skye Flora: Purple Moor Grass


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