Molinia caerulea (Linnaeus 1753) Moench 1794 (Family Poaceae)
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Height: 10-100cm
Arbuscular Mycorrhizal
Perennial, Tufts, Persistent Seed Bank
Hermaphrodite, Flowering July - September
(Earliest: 9.6)
Biotopes: |
Wet Meadows |
Peat Bogs and Mires |
Pollination: |
Wind |
Flower Visitors: |
Melanostoma scalare |
Parasites: |
Claviceps purpurea |
Blumeria graminis |
Puccinia coronata |
Puccinia nemoralis |
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Elachista subalbidella Larva (Leaf Miner) |
Herbivores: |
Several Hesperiidae |
Several Nymphalidae Larvae |
Several Noctuidae |
Hypenodes humidalis Larva |
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Rivula sericealis Larva |
Crambus pascuella Larva |
Several Chrysomelidae |
Sapivores: |
Several Miridae |
Delphacodes venosus |
Muellerianella extrusa |
Jassargus sursumflexus |
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Zyginidia scutellaris |
Sitobion avenae |
Sitobion fragariae |
Neophilaenus lineatus |
Ecological Flora of the British Isles
Skye Flora:
Purple Moor Grass
Pictures © 2003, 2004, 2006 J.K. Lindsey
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