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Purple Moor Grass

Molinia arundinacea

Wildlife study photograph from iNaturalist.
(c) falcontierra, no rights reserved (CC0)

25 photos

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Italy.January 4, February 6, March 2, April 3, May 2, June 3, July 6, August 13, September 13, October 6, November 4, December 1.
Italy63
Nord-Ovest59
Austria27
Germany18
Slovenia17
Czechia13
Zahodna Slovenija12
Bayern11
France8
Steiermark7

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

Classification

KingdomPlants · Plantae
PhylumVascular Plants · Tracheophyta
Classmonocots · Liliopsida
Ordergrasses, sedges, cattails, and allies · Poales
Familygrasses · Poaceae
GenusMolinia

Sources

Remember the name next time.

Practise Purple Moor Grass with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.