- Melica uniflora Retz. - Wood Melick - Gramineae / Poaceae
© Ralph Forbes
(Map updated: March 2008)
A graceful perennial grass of glens, shady banks and woodland. Easily recognised by the short, wide spikelets, each of a single flower only, borne on the slender branches of a long drooping panicle.
Melica nutans, found on limestone in northern Great Britain, is absent from Ireland.
All names: Melica uniflora Retz.; Melica nutans auct.