Wood Melick - Melica uniflora
30 to 70 cm tall. Panicle 10 to 20 cm, spreading, very loose. Little branched, erect or nodding.
Siberian Melick (M altissimus) is popular in gardens, especially as var. 'Alba', and may naturalise; it is more robust and has larger spikelets.
Sheaths with long bristle at apex on side opposite ligule.
Photograph the whole plant, in flower, or details of ligule if not in flower
Open woodland in light shade, and preferring lighter soils; old woodland.
Flowers in May and June.
Perennial.
Widespread and fairly frequent in woodland throughout much of Britain.
Occasional in Leicestershire and Rutland. In the 1979 Flora survey of Leicestershire it was found in 29 of the 617 tetrads.
Graham Calow
Burbage Wood
24 May 2018
Graham Calow
Burbage Wood
24 May 2018
Ken Charity
Footpath along River Lin from Ulverscroft Lane
14 May 2018
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Species profile
- Common names
- Wood Melick
- Species group:
- flowering plant
- Kingdom:
- Plantae
- Order:
- Poales
- Family:
- Poaceae
- Records on NatureSpot:
- 36
- First record:
- 23/06/2012 (Calow, Graham)
- Last record:
- 04/06/2025 (Higgott, Mike)
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Graham Calow
Burbage Common and Woods
23 June 2012
Ken Charity
Footpath along River Lin from Ulverscroft Lane
14 May 2018
Steve Harris
Cloud Wood NR
13 May 2018
identification helped by Louise Marsh
