Melica torreyana
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Clade: | Commelinids |
| Order: | Poales |
| Family: | Poaceae |
| Subfamily: | Pooideae |
| Genus: | Melica |
| Species: | M. torreyana
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| Binomial name | |
| Melica torreyana | |
Melica torreyana is a species of grass known by the common name Torrey's melicgrass.
Distribution
[edit]It is endemic to California, where it grows in chaparral, grassland, and other hillside and mountain habitats in the northern and central sections of the state.
Description
[edit]Melica torreyana is a perennial bunchgrass with dense clumps of stems up to a meter-3 feet long. The inflorescence is a narrow panicle of small spikelets each under a centimeter long.
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Categories:
- Melica
- Bunchgrasses of North America
- Endemic flora of California
- Native grasses of California
- Flora of the Klamath Mountains
- Flora of the Sierra Nevada (United States)
- Natural history of the California chaparral and woodlands
- Natural history of the California Coast Ranges
- Natural history of the San Francisco Bay Area
- Pooideae stubs