American milletgrass facts for kids

Quick facts for kids American milletgrass
Scientific classification
Genus:	Milium
Species:	effusum
Synonyms
List Agrostis effusa Lam. Alopecurus effusus Link ex Kunth nom. inval. Decandolia effusa (Lam.) T.Bastard Melica effusa (L.) Salisb. Miliarium effusum (L.) Moench Milium adscendens Roxb. nom. inval. Milium confertum L. Milium dubium Jacquem. ex Hook.f. nom. inval. Milium nepalense Nees nom. inval. Milium transsilvanicum Schur Milium willdenowii Lojac. Paspalum effusum (L.) Raspail

Milium effusum, the American milletgrass or wood millet, is a species of flowering plant in the grass family Poaceae, native to damp forests of the Holarctic Kingdom.

The Latin specific epithet effusum means "spreading loosely".

Habitat

Milium effusum inhabits damp, deciduous woods and shaded banks, where it grows on winter-wet, calcareous to mildly acidic clay and loam soils, and also over rocks in western Scotland.

Distribution

It can be found in the northern United States and Canada, and Europe, including Britain but excluding the Mediterranean, east to Siberia and the Himalayas.

Cultivation

The yellow-leaved cultivar 'Aureum', known as Bowles' golden grass, is cultivated as an ornamental garden plant, and in the UK has won the Royal Horticultural Society’s Award of Garden Merit.

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In Spanish: Milium effusum para niños