Muhlenbergia californica

Muhlenbergia californica
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Monocots
(unranked):	Commelinids
Order:	Poales
Family:	Poaceae
Genus:	Muhlenbergia
Species:	M. californica
Binomial name
Muhlenbergia californica Vasey

Muhlenbergia californica is an uncommon species of grass known by the common name California muhly. It is endemic to California Transverse Ranges, where it is known only from the San Bernardino Mountains in Southern California.

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

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.

See also

• California chaparral and woodlands
• California montane chaparral and woodlands

External links

• Jepson Manual Treatment - Muhlenbergia californica
• USDA Plants Profile; Muhlenbergia californica
• Grass Manual Treatment: Muhlenbergia californica

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