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Muhlenbergia filiformis

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Muhlenbergia filiformis
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Poaceae
Genus: Muhlenbergia
Species:
M. filiformis
Binomial name
Muhlenbergia filiformis

Muhlenbergia filiformis, known by the common name Pullup muhly, is a species of grass. It is native to western North America from western Canada to northern Mexico.

Pullup muhly grows in many types of moist to wet habitats.

Description

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Muhlenbergia filiformis is an annual herb producing clumps of decumbent stems up to 30 centimeters long which root where their nodes touch the substrate. The inflorescence is a narrow, cylindrical array of appressed branches bearing many spikelets each about a millimeter long.

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