Muhlenbergia californica

Muhlenbergia californica is an uncommon species of grass known by the common name California muhly.

Muhlenbergia californica
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Poaceae
Genus: Muhlenbergia
Species:
M. californica
Binomial name
Muhlenbergia californica

Distribution

It is endemic to California Transverse Ranges, where it is known only from the San Bernardino Mountains in Southern California.[1][2]

It grows in moist habitat, such as streambanks and ditches, in the chaparral and woodlands.

Description

Muhlenbergia californica is a rhizomatous perennial grass growing 30 to 70 centimeters tall. The inflorescence is a narrow array of thin branches bearing many tiny pointed or awned hairy spikelets each a few millimeters long.

References

  1. "Taxon Report 5700: Muhlenbergia californica". Calflora. Retrieved 21 December 2011.
  2. "Muhlenbergia californica". PLANTS Profile. United States Department of Agriculture. Retrieved 21 December 2011.


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