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Height: 20-100cm
Arbuscular Mycorrhizal
Perennial, Tufts, Lacks Persistent Seed Bank
Hermaphrodite, Flowering June - July
(Earliest: 30.5)
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| Phenolics | Coumaric, Diferulic, & Ferulic Acids, Chokorin | ||||
| Biotopes: |
Meadows | |||
| Pollination: | Wind | |||
| Flower Visitors: |
Melanostoma mellinum | |||
| Parasites: |
Claviceps purpurea |
Blumeria graminis |
Epichloë typhina |
Puccinia coronata |
Elachista argentella Larva (Leaf Miner) |
Several Chloropidae Larvae (Stem Borers) |
Cerodontha denticornis Larva (Leaf Miner) |
Liriomyza flaveola Larva (Leaf Miner) | |
Opomyza florum Larva (Stem Borer) |
Opomyza germinationis Larva (Stem Borer) |
Phorbia fumigata Larva (Leaf Miner) |
Hydrellia griseola Larva (Leaf Miner) | |
| Herbivores: |
Several Nymphalidae Larvae |
Thymelicus lineola Larva |
Thymelicus sylvestris |
Several Noctuidae |
Several Tenthredinidae |
Chaetocnema hortensis |
Oulema melanopus | ||
Phyllobius oblongus Larva | ||||
| Sapivores: |
Several Aphididae |
Several Miridae |
Javesella pellucida | |
| Florivores: |
Phytocoris varipes |
Ecological Flora of the British Isles
Skye Flora:
Timothy
Pictures © 2003, 2004 J.K. Lindsey
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