Melica smithii (Smith's melic grass) is a species of grass that grows in the Canadian provinces Alberta, British Columbia, Quebec, Ontario, and the US states Idaho, Michigan, Montana, South Dakota, Washington, Wisconsin, and Wyoming.[1] The species is named after Charles Eastwick Smith.
The species have scabrous leaf-sheaths and leaf-blades, with the last one being lax as well. Both leath-sheaths and blades are 10- long and 6- wide. It have 12- long panicle with solitary branches. They are also distant and naked and sometimes reflexed. The species' spikelets have 3-6 flowers, are 18- long and are purple in colour.[2]
Can be found deciduous forests amongst beech, maple, and hemlock trees.[3]
In Wisconsin the species is considered to be endangered.[2]