PLANTS Profile for Muhlenbergia mexicana (Mexican muhly)

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Muhlenbergia mexicana (L.) Trin.
Mexican muhly

Symbol:

MUME2

Group:

Monocot

Family:

Poaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Graminoid

Native Status:

L48		N
HI		I
CAN		N

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Photo of Muhlenbergia mexicana (L.) Trin.

Muhlenbergia foliosa

Jose Hernandez. Provided by ARS Systematic Botany and Mycology Laboratory. Lithuania, Kaunas. Usage Requirements.

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Muhlenbergia mexicana (L.) Trin.

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Synonyms:
Muhlenbergia mexicana (L.) Trin.

	AGME4	Agrostis mexicana L.
	MUAM	Muhlenbergia ambigua Torr.
	MUFO	Muhlenbergia foliosa (Roem. & Schult.) Trin.
	MUFOA	Muhlenbergia foliosa (Roem. & Schult.) Trin. ssp. ambigua (Torr.) Scribn.
	MUFOS	Muhlenbergia foliosa (Roem. & Schult.) Trin. ssp. setiglumis (S. Watson) Scribn.
	MUMEF	Muhlenbergia mexicana (L.) Trin. var. filiformis (Willd.) Scribn.

Distribution:
Muhlenbergia mexicana (L.) Trin.


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USA (AL, AR, AZ, CA, CO, CT, DE, HI, IA, ID, IL, IN, KS, KY, MA, MD, ME, MI, MN, MO, MT, NC, ND, NE, NH, NJ, NM, NV, NY, OH, OK, OR, PA, RI, SD, TN, TX, UT, VA, VT, WA, WI, WV, WY), CAN (BC, MB, NB, NS, ON, QC, SK, YT)

Related Taxa:
Muhlenbergia mexicana (L.) Trin.

View 338 genera in Poaceae, 70 species in Muhlenbergia

Classification:
Muhlenbergia mexicana (L.) Trin.

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Kingdom	Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision	Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division	Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class	Liliopsida – Monocotyledons
Subclass	Commelinidae
Order	Cyperales
Family	Poaceae – Grass family
Genus	Muhlenbergia Schreb. – muhly
Species	Muhlenbergia mexicana (L.) Trin. – Mexican muhly

Introduced Information:
Muhlenbergia mexicana (L.) Trin.

This plant is introduced to some part of the PLANTS Floristic Area, though it may be native in other parts. Click on link below for a partial or complete list of PFA introduced plants.

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Wetland Indicator Status:
Muhlenbergia mexicana (L.) Trin.

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Interpreting Wetland Indicator Status

More Accounts and Images:
Muhlenbergia mexicana (L.) Trin.

View species account, distribution map, and illustration from the Grass Manual on the Web.

View species account from ARS Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN).

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 41925.

View species account and distribution map from Jepson Interchange (University of California - Berkeley).

View species account from Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center Native Plant Information Network (NPIN).

View species account from Native American Ethnobotany (University of Michigan - Dearborn).

View photographs and distribution from University of Tennessee Herbarium.

View species account and photographs from University of Wisconsin - Stevens Point Freckmann Herbarium.

Time Generated: 10/05/2008 05:42 AM MDT