Muhlenbergia mexicana or Mexican muhly is a species of grass. It is native to North America, including most of the United States and southern Canada.[1]
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Clade: | Commelinids |
| Order: | Poales |
| Family: | Poaceae |
| Genus: | Muhlenbergia |
| Species: | M. mexicana
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Taxonomy
editMuhlenbergia mexicana was first described by Carl Linnaeus in 1767 as Agrostis mexicana.[2] The species name mexicana is a misnomer as the species is not found in Mexico; Linnaeus knew the species only from specimens grown in gardens and later authors have suggested that he was mistaken about the origin of the seeds these specimens were grown from.[2] In 1824 the species was transferred to the genus Muhlenbergia by botanist Carl Bernhard von Trinius.[2]
Habitat
editMuhlenbergia mexicana is known mainly from moist and wet habitat, such as meadows, wetlands, seeps, and drainage ditches.
Description
editMuhlenbergia 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
edit- ^ Peterson, Paul M. (2003). "Muhlenbergia mexicana". Manual of Grasses for North America. Archived from the original on 2012-04-06.
- ^ a b c Pohl, Richard W. (October 1969). "Muhlenbergia, Subgenus Muhlenbergia (Gramineae) in North America". The American Midland Naturalist. 82 (2): 512–542.
External links
edit- Jepson Manual treatment
- Muhlenbergia mexicana in the CalPhotos photo database, University of California, Berkeley