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Helictochloa pratensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Monocots
Clade:	Commelinids
Order:	Poales
Family:	Poaceae
Subfamily:	Pooideae
Genus:	Helictochloa
Species:	H. pratensis
Binomial name
Helictochloa pratensis (L.) Romero Zarco
Synonyms
List Arrhenatherum pratense (L.) Samp. Avena pratensis L. Avena pratensis var. minor Roth Avenastrum pratense (L.) Opiz Avenochloa pratensis (L.) Holub Avenula pratensis (L.) Dumort. Helictotrichon pratense (L.) Pilg. Heuffelia pratensis (L.) Schur Trisetum pratense (L.) Dumort. Avena pratensis f. pauciflora Norm. Avena pratensis f. spiculosa Neuman Avenastrum pratense f. spiculosum (Neuman) Neuman

Helictochloa pratensis, known as meadow oat-grass, is a species of perennial flowering plant in the grass family Poaceae, found in temperate parts of Europe and Asia. Its culms are erect and 30–85 cm long; leaves are mostly basal. It is restricted to shallow, calcareous soils such as those formed on chalk and limestone substrates.

References

1. "Helictochloa pratensis (L.) Romero Zarco". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. 2023. Retrieved 2023-06-16.
2. BSBI List 2007 (xls). Botanical Society of Britain and Ireland. Archived from the original (xls) on 2015-06-26. Retrieved 2014-10-17.
3. Cope, Tom; Gray, Alan (2009). Grasses of the British Isles: BSBI Handbook No.13. Botanical Society of Britain and Ireland. ISBN 978-0-901158-420.

Further reading

• GrassBase entry
• "Helictochloa pratensis". Germplasm Resources Information Network. Agricultural Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture.
• Rzut. Oka Jeogr. Fiz. Wol. Pod. 10. 1828
• Roser, M. 1995. Taxon 44:395.
• Tutin, T. G. et al., eds. 1964–1980. Flora europaea. .
• Tzvelev, N. N. 1976. Zlaki SSSR.

• Data related to Helictochloa pratensis at Wikispecies
• Media related to Helictochloa pratensis at Wikimedia Commons

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• Plants described in 1753
• Taxa named by Carl Linnaeus
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