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]
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| 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 | |
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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
- Peterson, Paul M. (2003). "Muhlenbergia mexicana". Manual of Grasses for North America. Archived from the original on 2012-04-06.
External links
- Jepson Manual treatment
- Muhlenbergia mexicana in the CalPhotos photo database, University of California, Berkeley
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