Muhlenbergia mexicana

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

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]

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. ^ Grass Manual Treatment

External links

• Jepson Manual Treatment
• USDA Plants Profile
• Photo gallery

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