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.
