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Height: 15-80cm
Arbuscular Mycorrhizal
Perennial, Tufts, Persistent Seed Bank
Hermaphrodite, Flowering May - July
(Earliest: 26.4)
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| Alkaloids | Loline | ||||
| Biotopes: |
Meadows | |||
| Pollination: | Wind | |||
| Parasites: |
Blumeria graminis |
Epichloë typhina |
Several Pucciniaceae |
Elachista argentella Larva (Leaf Miner) |
Elachista freyerella |
Several Chloropidae Larvae (Stem Borer) |
Meromyza saltatrix Larva (Stem Borer) |
Opomyza germinationis Larva (Stem Borer) | |
| Possible Parasites: |
Claviceps purpurea |
Ascochyta leptospora |
Cerodontha denticornis Larva (Leaf Miner) |
Hydrellia griseola Larva (Leaf Miner) |
Cetema cereris Larva (Stem Borer) |
Opomyza florum Larva (Stem Borer) |
Elachista canapennella Larva (Leaf Miner) |
Elachista subalbidella Larva (Leaf Miner) | |
| Herbivores: |
Several Nymphalidae |
Thymelicus lineola Larva |
Many Tenthredinidae |
Chaetocnema hortensis |
| Possible Herbivores: |
Several Crambidae Larvae |
Cnephasia asseclana |
Cnephasia incertana |
Helcystogramma rufescens Larva |
Several Tenthredinidae |
Neocrepidodera ferruginea |
Phyllobius oblongus | ||
| Sapivores: |
Several Cicadellidae |
Several Miridae |
Dicranotropis hamata |
Javesella pellucida |
Rhopalosiphum insertum |
Sitobion avenae |
Neophilaenus lineatus | ||
| Possible Sapivores: |
Megaloceroea recticornis |
Stenodema holsata |
Rhopalosiphum padi |
Zyginidia scutellaris |
| Possible Granivores: |
Eurygaster maura |
Ecological Flora of the British Isles
Skye Flora:
Smooth Meadow-grass
Pictures © 2003, 2006, 2007 J.K. Lindsey
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