Mexican Muhly

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.
Muhlenbergia mexicana Detail of panicle. Plants growing in a moist wooded area near a wetland. Geotagged,Muhlenbergia mexicana,Poaceae,Summer,United States,grass

Appearance

''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.
Muhlenbergia mexicana Detail of node and internode showing fine pubescence from above the node to the leaf sheath. Plants growing in a moist wooded area near a wetland. Geotagged,Muhlenbergia mexicana,Poaceae,Summer,United States,grass

Naming

Muhlenbergia mexicana (L.) Trin.
Agrostis mexicana L.
Muhlenbergia mexicana var. filiformis (Torr.) Scribn.

Habitat

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

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https://gobotany.nativeplanttrust.org/species/muhlenbergia/mexicana/
Taxonomy
KingdomPlantae
DivisionAngiosperms
ClassMonocots
OrderPoales
FamilyPoaceae
GenusMuhlenbergia
SpeciesM. mexicana
Photographed in
United States of America