| Family | Scientific Name | Common Name | Habitat | Distribution | Image |
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| Poaceae | Melica altissima | Tall Melix, Siberian Melic | | Native of Eurasia. | |
| Poaceae | Melica aristata | Awned Melic | 'There is collection from FAYE (KA) by Robert Beckner, 7-7-1975, "lawn, came in Kentucky bluegrass seed." ' (J. Campbell, pers.comm.). | Native of w. United States. | |
| Poaceae | Melica mutica | Two-flower Melic | Dry to mesic forests and woodlands, including coastal fringe and maritime forests. | MD west to IN and IL, south to n. peninsular FL and TX. | 
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| Poaceae | Melica nitens | Three-flower Melic | Rocky upland woodlands, barrens, cliffs, and glades, over calcareous rocks (such as limestone, dolomite, and calcareous shale) and more unusually over mafic rocks. | PA west to s. MN and NE, south to nw. GA, TX, and ne. Mexico (COA, NLE, TAM). | 
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