Wood Millet - Milium effusum

Description

Loosely tufted erect grass to 120 cm tall. Leaves flat 5 to 15 mm wide. Inflorescence is a loose, whorled, spreading panicle 10 to 40 cm long and to 20 cm wide, with long fine branches. Spikelets are narrow-ovoid, pointed 3 to 4 mm long.

Identification difficulty
Habitat

Old woodlands.

When to see it

May to July.

Life History

Perennial.

UK Status

Fairly common in southern Britain, scarcer to the north and west.

VC55 Status

Fairly frequent in wooded areas of Leicestershire and Rutland. In the 1979 Flora survey of Leicestershire it was found in 90 of the 617 tetrads.

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Species profile

Common names
Wood Millet
Species group:
Grasses, Rushes & Sedges
Kingdom:
Plantae
Order:
Poales
Family:
Poaceae
Records on NatureSpot:
35
First record:
27/05/2000 (MBNHS;Steve Woodward)
Last record:
07/06/2023 (Alton, John)

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