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Height: 20-70cm
Arbuscular Mycorrhizal
Perennial, Rhizomatous, Stoloniferous, Lacks Persistent Seed Bank
Hermaphrodite, Flowering June - July
(Earliest: 5.6)
| Protective Chemicals | |||||
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| Alkaloids | Ergovaline, Peramine | ||||
| Phenolics | Caffeic, Chlorogenic, Coumaric, Ferulic, Hydroxybenzaldehyde,
Hydroxybenzoic, Protocatechuic, Rosmarinic, Sinapic, & Vanillic Acids, Vanillin | ||||
| Biotopes: |
Meadows |
Wet Meadows | ||
| Pollination: | Wind | |||
| Parasites: |
Claviceps purpurea |
Blumeria graminis |
Ascochyta leptospora |
Phyllachora sylvatica |
Puccinia coronata |
Uromyces dactylidis |
Several Elachistidae Larvae (Leaf Miners) |
Several Chloropidae Larvae (Stem Borers) | |
Opomyza germinationis Larva (Stem Borer) | ||||
| Possible Parasites: |
Several Chloropidae Larvae (Stem Borers) |
Cerodontha denticornis Larva (Leaf Miner) |
Elachista canapennella Larva (Leaf Miner) | |
| Herbivores: |
Several Nymphalidae |
Cerapteryx graminis Larva |
Mesapamea secalella Larva |
Rivula sericealis Larva |
Many Tenthredinidae | ||||
| Possible Herbivores: |
Several Crambidae Larvae |
Several Noctuidae Larvae |
Cnephasia incertana |
Dolerus nitens |
Pachynematus obductus Larva |
Several Chrysomelidae | |||
| Sapivores: |
Several Delphacidae |
Several Miridae |
Macrosteles sexnotatus |
Zyginidia scutellaris |
Neophilaenus lineatus |
Philaenus spumarius |
Sitobion avenae |
Planaphrodes bifasciata | |
| Possible Sapivores: |
Several Aphididae |
Several Cicadellidae |
Delphacodes venosus |
Jassidaeus lugubris |
Pithanus maerkelii |
Stenodema calcarata | |||
| Possible Granivores: |
Eurygaster maura |
Ecological Flora of the British Isles
Skye Flora:
Red Fescue
Pictures © 2003, 2005, 2006 J.K. Lindsey
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