Muhlenbergia mexicana

Muhlenbergia mexicana, known by the common names Mexican muhly and wirestem muhly, is a species of grass. It is native to North America, including most of the United States and southern Canada. It actually does not occur in Mexico.[1]

Muhlenbergia mexicana
Young growth in May in the Berlin Botanical Garden
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Poaceae
Genus: Muhlenbergia
Species:
M. mexicana
Binomial name
Muhlenbergia mexicana

Habitat

Muhlenbergia mexicana is known mainly from moist and wet habitat, such as meadows, wetlands, seeps, and drainage ditches.

Description

Muhlenbergia mexicana is a rhizomatous perennial herb growing 30 to 70 centimeters tall. The inflorescence is a narrow series of short, appressed to upright branches lined densely in small, pointed spikelets each a few millimeters long.

References

  1. Peterson, Paul M. (2003). "Muhlenbergia mexicana". Manual of Grasses for North America. Archived from the original on 2012-04-06.


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