Melica turczaninowiana, is a species of grass found in Mongolia, North Korea, Russia (Siberia), and China (Hebei, Heilongjiang, Henan, Inner Mongolia, and Shanxi).

Fertile lemma is chartaceous, ovate, is 9–11 millimetres (0.35–0.43 in) long and keelless.

Both the lower and upper glumes are keelless, oblong, are 8–11 millimetres (0.31–0.43 in) long, and have obtuse apexes.

Flowers are growing together and have 3 anthers that are 1.5–2 millimetres (0.059–0.079 in) long with 2 lodicules.

[2] Can be found in Betula japonica forests of mountainous regions, meadows and slopes on the elevation of 700–2,700 metres (2,300–8,900 ft).