Kingdom Plantae Family Poaceae Scientific name Muhlenbergia mexicana Rank Species | Order Poales Genus Muhlenbergia Higher classification Muhlenbergia | |
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Similar Muhlenbergia, Grasses, Muhlenbergia racemosa, Muhlenbergia glomerata, Muhlenbergia asperifolia | ||
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.
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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.
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