Three-flower Melic
Melica nitens
Three-flower melic is a cool-season woodland bunchgrass of rocky bluffs and open woods, with nodding seed clusters, well suited to dry shade and naturalized plantings.
- Family
- Poaceae
- Type
- grass
- Lifespan
- perennial
- Height
- 2–3.5 ft
- Spacing
- 1–1.5 ft apart
- Light
- part shade
- Soil moisture
- dry, moist
- Soil pH
- acidic, alkaline
- Bloom
- March, April, May
- Bloom colors
- white
- Wildlife value
- songbirds, larval host, mammals
- Landscape uses
- specimen, border, naturalizing
- Native states
- AL, AR, AZ, GA, IA, IL, IN, KS, KY, MD, MN, MO, NC, NE, NM, OH, OK, PA, TN, TX, VA, WI, WV