| Koelz's Grass |
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| File size | 443147 |
| Original date | 8/7/11 4:52 PM |
| Resolution | 1200 x 900 |
| Flash | Flash did not fire, auto |
| Focal length | 5.7mm |
| Exposure time | 1/125s |
| Aperture | 2.9 |
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| Metering Mode | Multi-segment |
| Camera make | EASTMAN KODAK COMPANY |
| Camera model | KODAK EASYSHARE C182 Digital Camera |
| Sensor type | OneChipColorArea |
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Botanical name: Poa koelzii Family: Poaceae (Grass family)
Koelz's Grass is densely clumped perennial grass
with stems 4-10 cm high, erect, green or glaucous, clothed at the base
with the scarious remains of old leaf-sheaths. Leaf-blades are folded,
0.8-2cm long, 1-1.5mm wide, stiff, abruptly tapered to a stout tip,
scabrid on the margins and both surfaces. Ligule is rounded, 1-3mm
long. Flower panicle is contracted, 0.5-2.5cm long; branches mostly in
pairs, very short, erect, scabrid. Spikelets are 2-5-flowered,
elliptic-lanceolate, 4-6mm long, variegated with green and purple.
Glumes are unequal, elliptic-lanceolate, 3-nerved, the lower 2.3-3mm
long, the upper broader, 2.7-3.2mm long; lemmas elliptic-oblong in
side-view, 3-3.5mm long, obtuse. Koelz's Grass is endemic to Kashmir,
growing at altitudes of 5000-5700m. Flowering: July.
Identification credit: Manoj Chandaran
| Photographed in Paddar Valley, Kashmir. |