Taxonomy: Fam. Poaceae// Genus: Avenula // Species: Avenula pubescens (Huds.) Dumort.// Subspecies: Avenula pubescens (Huds.) Dumort. subsp. pubescens .
Determined according to the botanical key provided by Holub in Tutin et al. (1980).
Lifeform: Perrenial; Hemicryptophyte according to the Raunkiær system.
Distribution: Native from Europe to Caucasus, Mongolia and West Siberia according to the distribution information provided by the Plants of the World Online portal (Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew).
Habitat: Meadows and sparse woods in the European beech forests belt.
Flowering period: Late spring – early summer: MAY, JUN.
Avenula pubescens subsp. pubescens – habitat. Osogovo – region between Ponikva and Ratkova skala, 21.05.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Avenula pubescens subsp. pubescens – habit in habitat. Osogovo – region between Ponikva and Ratkova skala, 21.05.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Avenula pubescens subsp. pubescens – habit. Osogovo – region between Ponikva and Ratkova skala, 21.05.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Avenula pubescens subsp. pubescens – habit. Osogovo – region between Ponikva and Ratkova skala, 21.05.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Avenula pubescens subsp. pubescens – panicle. Osogovo – region between Ponikva and Ratkova skala, 21.05.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Avenula pubescens subsp. pubescens – panicle. Osogovo – region between Ponikva and Ratkova skala, 21.05.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Avenula pubescens subsp. pubescens – panicle. Osogovo – region between Ponikva and Ratkova skala, 21.05.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Avenula pubescens subsp. pubescens – panicle. Osogovo – region between Ponikva and Ratkova skala, 21.05.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Avenula pubescens subsp. pubescens – panicle. Osogovo – region between Ponikva and Ratkova skala, 21.05.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Avenula pubescens subsp. pubescens – panicle. Osogovo – region between Ponikva and Ratkova skala, 21.05.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Avenula pubescens subsp. pubescens – spikelets. Osogovo – region between Ponikva and Ratkova skala, 21.05.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Avenula pubescens subsp. pubescens – spikelets. Osogovo – region between Ponikva and Ratkova skala, 21.05.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Avenula pubescens subsp. pubescens – spikelets. Osogovo – region between Ponikva and Ratkova skala, 21.05.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Avenula pubescens subsp. pubescens – spikelet. Osogovo – region between Ponikva and Ratkova skala, 21.05.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Avenula pubescens subsp. pubescens – spikelet. Osogovo – region between Ponikva and Ratkova skala, 21.05.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Avenula pubescens subsp. pubescens – spikelet. Osogovo – region between Ponikva and Ratkova skala, 21.05.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Avenula pubescens subsp. pubescens – spikelet. Osogovo – region between Ponikva and Ratkova skala, 21.05.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Avenula pubescens subsp. pubescens – spikelet. Osogovo – region between Ponikva and Ratkova skala, 21.05.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Avenula pubescens subsp. pubescens – stem. Osogovo – region between Ponikva and Ratkova skala, 21.05.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Avenula pubescens subsp. pubescens – stem and cauline leaf. Osogovo – region between Ponikva and Ratkova skala, 21.05.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Avenula pubescens subsp. pubescens – stem and cauline leaf. Osogovo – region between Ponikva and Ratkova skala, 21.05.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Avenula pubescens subsp. pubescens – cauline leaf. Osogovo – region between Ponikva and Ratkova skala, 21.05.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Avenula pubescens subsp. pubescens – adaxial side of cauline leaf. Osogovo – region between Ponikva and Ratkova skala, 21.05.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Avenula pubescens subsp. pubescens – abaxial side of cauline leaf. Osogovo – region between Ponikva and Ratkova skala, 21.05.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Avenula pubescens subsp. pubescens – ligules. Osogovo – region between Ponikva and Ratkova skala, 21.05.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Avenula pubescens subsp. pubescens – lower part of plant – basal leaves. Osogovo – region between Ponikva and Ratkova skala, 21.05.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Avenula pubescens subsp. pubescens – basal leaves. Osogovo – region between Ponikva and Ratkova skala, 21.05.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Avenula pubescens subsp. pubescens – adaxial side of basal leaf. Osogovo – region between Ponikva and Ratkova skala, 21.05.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Avenula pubescens subsp. pubescens – adaxial side of basal leaf. Osogovo – region between Ponikva and Ratkova skala, 21.05.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Avenula pubescens subsp. pubescens – basal leaf. The leaves have two lines of bulliform cells along the central vein Osogovo – region between Ponikva and Ratkova skala, 21.05.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Avenula pubescens subsp. pubescens – abaxial side of basal leaf. Osogovo – region between Ponikva and Ratkova skala, 21.05.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Avenula pubescens subsp. pubescens – abaxial side of basal leaf. Osogovo – region between Ponikva and Ratkova skala, 21.05.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Avenula pubescens subsp. pubescens – stem base with leaf sheaths of withered leaves. Osogovo – region between Ponikva and Ratkova skala, 21.05.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Avenula pubescens subsp. pubescens – stem base with leaf sheaths of withered leaves. Osogovo – region between Ponikva and Ratkova skala, 21.05.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
References:
Avenula (Dumort.) Dumort. Holub, J. in Tutin, T.G., Heywood, V.H., Burges, N.A., Moore, D.M., Valentine, D.H., Walters, S.M. & Webb, D.A. (1980). Flora Europaea. Volume 5: Alismataceae to Orchidaceae (Monocotyledones). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, pp. 210 – 216.
Avenula pubescens (Huds.) Dumort. Plants of the World Online portal, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:392028-1 [Accessed 24.05.2023].
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