Märkisches fescue reed
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The Märkisch fescue reed ( Scolochloa marchica ) is a species of the sweet grass family .
features
The Märkischer Schwingelschilf grows one to two meters high. The top of the leaves is only slightly rough. The glumes are about the same length and tower above the lemmas. The lemmas are densely short-haired. At the base there are tufts of hair up to two millimeters long, at the tip the lemmas are unevenly serrated.
The flowering time is in June and July.
The number of chromosomes is 2n = 42.
Occurrence
The habitat of Scolochloa marchica is the reed bed in stagnant or slowly flowing water. The species is rarely found in Germany in Brandenburg near Wentow and Potsdam, whether it can still be found in Berlin is unknown. The total range is unknown, it is possibly endemic at the previously known locations . So far the species is only known from Germany and Poland.
literature
- Eckehart J. Jäger, Klaus Werner (ed.): Rothmaler excursion flora from Germany. Volume 4: Vascular Plants: Critical Volume . Spektrum Akademischer Verlag, Munich 2005, ISBN 3-8274-1496-2 .
supporting documents
- ↑ B.Valdés & H.Scholz; with contributions from E. von Raab-Straube & G. Parolly (2009): Poaceae (pro parte majore). Euro + Med Plantbase - the information resource for Euro-Mediterranean plant diversity. Data sheet Scolochloa marchica
further reading
- M. Düvel, Michael Ristow, H. Scholz: Scolochloa marchica sp. nova (Poaceae), a new reed grass from Central Europe . In: Fedde's repertory . tape 112 , no. 5-6 , 2001, pp. 331-341 .