Arrhenatherum elatius (Linnaeus 1753) Palisot de Beauvois in Presl & Presl 1819 (Family Poaceae)
Height: 5-25cm
Arbuscular Mycorrhizal
Perennial, Tufts, Lacks Persistent Seed Bank
Hermaphrodite, Flowering May - September
(Earliest: 1.5)
| Biotopes: |   Meadows
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| Pollination: | Wind | 
| Parasites: |   Claviceps purpurea
 |   Blumeria graminis
 |   Puccinia coronata
 |   Several Elachistidae Larvae (Leaf Miners)
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|  |   Meromyza nigriventris Larva (Stem Borer)
 |   Oscinella frit Larva (Stem Borer)
 |   Hydrellia griseola Larva (Leaf Miner)
 |   Toxoneura quinquemaculata Larva (Stem Borer)
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|  |   Liriomyza flaveola Larva (Leaf Miner)
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| Herbivores: |   Melanargia galathea Larva
 |   Thymelicus lineola Larva
 |   Oligia fasciuncula Larva
 |   Xestia sexstrigata Larva
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|  |   Helcystogramma rufescens Larva
 |   Several Tenthredinidae
 |   Chaetocnema hortensis
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| Sapivores: |   Several Aphididae
 |   Several Miridae
 |   Ischnodemus sabuleti
 |   Cercopis vulnerata
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|  |   Dicranotropis hamata
 |   Neophilaenus campestris
 |   Conosanus obsoletus
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Ecological Flora of the British Isles
Skye Flora:
Tall Oat Grass
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