Brachypodium sylvaticum (Huds.) P. Beauv.

Taxonomy: Fam. Poaceae// Genus: Brachypodium// Species: Brachypodium sylvaticum (Huds.) P. Beauv.

Determined according to the botanical key provided in Flora Europaea Vol. 5 (Tutin et al., 1980).

Distribution: Native to Macaronesia, Northwest Africa, Sudan and Eritrea, Eurasia according to the distribution information provided by the Plants of the World Online portal (Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew).

Habitat: Clearings and edges of forests and woodland, bushland.

Lifeform: Perrenial; hemicryptophyte according to the Raunkiær system.

Flowering period: Summer: JUN, JUL.

Brachypodium sylvaticum – habit in habitat. Gorge of “Kochanska” River, 29.08.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Brachypodium sylvaticum – habit. Gorge of “Kochanska” River, 29.08.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Brachypodium sylvaticum – habit. Gorge of “Kochanska” River, 29.08.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Brachypodium sylvaticum – habit. Gorge of “Kochanska” River, 02.10.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Brachypodium sylvaticum – habit. Gorge of “Kochanska” River, 02.10.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Brachypodium sylvaticum – habit. Gorge of “Kochanska” River, 02.10.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Brachypodium sylvaticum – inflorescence (raceme). Gorge of “Kochanska” River, 29.08.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Brachypodium sylvaticum – raceme. Gorge of “Kochanska” River, 29.08.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Brachypodium sylvaticum – racemes. Gorge of “Kochanska” River, 29.08.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Brachypodium sylvaticum – raceme. Gorge of “Kochanska” River, 02.10.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Brachypodium sylvaticum – raceme. Gorge of “Kochanska” River, 29.08.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Brachypodium sylvaticum – raceme. Gorge of “Kochanska” River, 29.08.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Brachypodium sylvaticum – spikelets. Gorge of “Kochanska” River, 29.08.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Brachypodium sylvaticum – spikelets. Gorge of “Kochanska” River, 02.10.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Brachypodium sylvaticum – spikelets. Gorge of “Kochanska” River, 02.10.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Brachypodium sylvaticum – spikelets. Gorge of “Kochanska” River, 02.10.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Brachypodium sylvaticum – spikelets. Gorge of “Kochanska” River, 02.10.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Brachypodium sylvaticum – spikelets. Gorge of “Kochanska” River, 02.10.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Brachypodium sylvaticum – leaf sheet with ligule. Gorge of “Kochanska” River, 29.08.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Brachypodium sylvaticum – stem with leaf sheet and lower part of leaf blade. Gorge of “Kochanska” River, 29.08.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Brachypodium sylvaticum – stem with leaf sheet and lower part of leaf blade. Gorge of “Kochanska” River, 29.08.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Brachypodium sylvaticum – stem end leaf sheath with ligule. Gorge of “Kochanska” River, 02.10.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Brachypodium sylvaticum – leaves. Gorge of “Kochanska” River, 29.08.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Brachypodium sylvaticum – lower part of stem with leaves. Gorge of “Kochanska” River, 02.10.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Brachypodium sylvaticum – lower part of stem with leaves. Gorge of “Kochanska” River, 02.10.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Brachypodium sylvaticum – leaves. Gorge of “Kochanska” River, 02.10.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Brachypodium sylvaticum – abaxial side of leaf. Gorge of “Kochanska” River, 02.10.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Brachypodium sylvaticum – abaxial side of leaf blade. Gorge of “Kochanska” River, 02.10.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.

References:

Brachypodium sylvaticum (Huds.) P.Beauv. Plants of the World Online, Royal Botanic Gardens Kew. https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:393196-1 [Accessed 01.01.2021].

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.

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