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Phleum alpinum is a species of grass known by the common name alpine timothy. It has a circumboreal distribution, inhabiting northern areas of the Northern Hemisphere, as well as extending down through the Americas to southern South America. It can be found on islands in the subantarctic region such as South Georgia Island, on which it is one of the most common plant species. It is a perennial grass forming loose clumps 20 to 60 centimeters tall. The flower cluster is a cylindrical to oval mass of spikelets up to 6 centimeters long and 1.2 wide.
Grass
8 - 24 in Tall
Upright
Slow
Yellow
Spring
Full Sun, Partial Shade
Prefers loamy or clay soils. Grows poorly in sandy soils.
Wet meadows, streambanks
Lodgepole Forest, Red Fir Forest, Subalpine Forest, Wetland-Riparian
Butterflies and moths supported
0 confirmed and 4 likely
Glassy Borer
Apamea devastator
White Triangle Tortrix
Clepsis persicana
Armyworm Moth
Mythimna unipuncta
Bronzed Cutworm
Nephelodes minians