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]
Taxonomy
Muhlenbergia 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
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.
^ abcPohl, Richard W. (October 1969). "Muhlenbergia, Subgenus Muhlenbergia (Gramineae) in North America". The American Midland Naturalist. 82 (2): 512–542.
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