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Melica aristata
Also called Awned Melic
Melica aristata is a species of grass known by the common names awned melic and bearded melicgrass.
It is native to the western United States from the Pacific Northwest to the Sierra Nevada and nearby ranges, where it grows in mountain forests and open hillsides.
Siberian melicgrass · Melica amethystina · Melica animarum · Melica argentata · Melica argyrea · Melica arzivencoi · Melica bocquetii · Melica bonariensis · Melica brasiliana · Melica brevicoronata · Oniongrass · California melicgrass
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Melica aristata by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
