Thinopyrum pycnanthum - tick quackgrass

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Kingdom	Plantae
Sub Kingdom	Tracheobionta (vascula plant)
Superdivision	Spermatophyta (seed plant)
Division	Magnoliophyta (flowering plant)
Class	Liliopsida (monocotyledon)
Order	Cyperales
Family	Poaceae
Genus	*Thinopyrum*
Species	*pycnanthum*
Classification	(Godr.) Barkworth, comb. nov. ined.
Common name	tick quackgrass

Physical Characteristics	perennial bushy plant (emicryptophyte), up to 40 - 120 centimeters tall, with short stolons and rising culms; the nodes are elongated. Leaves are glabrous, green, a little bit greyish-blu, with some hair along the edges and 6 - 8 mm wide. Flowers are gathered in spikes 7 - 14 centimeters long. The fruit is a caryopsis. Flowering takes place form may to July.
Habitat	it lives on the elevated edges of the salt marshes, in the reclaimed areas, in the incultivated areas, along the hedges and the streets, on the littorals where the soil is influenced by the near brackish water.

Sources
References	"Flora e vegetazione delle barene", di N. Anoè, D. Calzavara, L. Salviato, Società Veneziana di Scienze Naturali, vol. 9, supplemento ad uso didattico
Web References	http://www.istitutoveneto.it/venezia/documenti/altri_elaborati/libro_vegetazione.pdf
Source of the photo	http://www.svsn.it/aggiornamento/chiave/INIZIO.htm