Taxonomy: Fam. Poaceae// Genus: Nardus// Species: Nardus stricta L.
Determined according to the botanical key provided by Tutin in Tutin et al. (1980).
Lifeform: Perennial; hemicryptophyte according to the Raunkiær system.
Distribution: Native to Azores; Northwest Africa; Europe to Siberia, Mongolia and Türkiye; Greenland to Northeast U.S.A. according to the distribution information provided by the Plants of the World Online portal (Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew).
Habitat: Open habitats- grasslands and pastures at c. 1450 m above.
Flowering period: Early summer: JUN.
Nardus stricta – habit. Osogovo – Ponikva, 04.06.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Nardus stricta – habit. Osogovo – Ponikva, 04.06.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Nardus stricta – habit. Osogovo – Ponikva, 04.06.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Nardus stricta – habit. Osogovo – Ponikva, 04.06.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Nardus stricta – flowering stems. Osogovo – Ponikva, 04.06.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Nardus stricta – flowering stems. Osogovo – Ponikva, 04.06.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Nardus stricta – racemes with spikelets. Osogovo – Ponikva, 04.06.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Nardus stricta – racemes with spikelets. Osogovo – Ponikva, 04.06.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Nardus stricta – racemes with spikelets. Osogovo – Ponikva, 04.06.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Nardus stricta – raceme with spikelets. Osogovo – Ponikva, 04.06.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Nardus stricta – racemes with spikelets. Osogovo – Ponikva, 04.06.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Nardus stricta – stem with cauline leaf. Osogovo – Ponikva, 04.06.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Nardus stricta – stem and cauline leaf. Osogovo – Ponikva, 04.06.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Nardus stricta – stem and cauline leaves. Osogovo – Ponikva, 04.06.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Nardus stricta – basal leaves. Osogovo – Ponikva, 04.06.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Nardus stricta – basal leaves. Osogovo – Ponikva, 04.06.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Nardus stricta – basal leaves. Osogovo – Ponikva, 04.06.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Nardus stricta – sheats of basal leaves. Osogovo – Ponikva, 04.06.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Nardus stricta – sheaths of basal leaves. Osogovo – Ponikva, 04.06.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
References:
Nardus L. Tutin, T. G. 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, p. 255.
