Poa nemoralis Linnaeus 1753 (Family Poaceae)

Height: 20-80cm
Arbuscular Mycorrhizal
Perennial, Tufts, Persistent Seed Bank
Hermaphrodite, Flowering May - September (Earliest: 8.5)

Biotopes:
Spruce Forest Edge
Pollination: Wind
Parasites:
Blumeria graminis

Epichloë typhina

Puccinia poarum

Uromyces dactylidis

Elachista bifasciella Larva (Leaf Miner)

Elachista freyerella

Liriomyza flaveola Larva (Leaf Miner)

Cetema cereris Larva (Stem Borer)

Cetema elongatum Larva (Stem Borer)
Possible Parasites:
Claviceps purpurea

Ascochyta leptospora

Cerodontha denticornis Larva (Leaf Miner)

Hydrellia griseola Larva (Leaf Miner)

Opomyza florum Larva (Stem Borer)

Elachista canapennella Larva (Leaf Miner)

Elachista subalbidella Larva (Leaf Miner)
Herbivores:
Coenonympha pamphilus

Pararge aegeria Larva

Ochlodes sylvanus Larva

Several Noctuidae Larvae
Possible Herbivores:
Several Crambidae Larvae

Cnephasia asseclana

Cnephasia incertana

Helcystogramma rufescens Larva

Several Tenthredinidae

Neocrepidodera ferruginea

Phyllobius oblongus Larva
Sapivores:
Sitobion avenae
Possible Sapivores:
Megaloceroea recticornis

Stenodema holsata

Rhopalosiphum padi

Zyginidia scutellaris
Possible Granivores:
Eurygaster maura

Ecological Flora of the British Isles
Skye Flora: Wood Meadow-grass


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