Biology:Muhlenbergia mexicana
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Short description: Species of grass
| Muhlenbergia mexicana | |
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| Young growth in May in the Berlin Botanical Garden | |
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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| Binomial name | |
| Muhlenbergia mexicana (L.) Trin.
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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
- ↑ Peterson, Paul M. (2003). "Muhlenbergia mexicana". http://herbarium.usu.edu/webmanual/info2.asp?name=Muhlenbergia_mexicana&type=treatment.
External links
Wikidata ☰ Q6933059 entry
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