Muhlenbergia utilis
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Clade: | Commelinids |
| Order: | Poales |
| Family: | Poaceae |
| Genus: | Muhlenbergia |
| Species: | M. utilis
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| Muhlenbergia utilis | |
Muhlenbergia utilis is a species of grass known by the common name aparejograss. It is native to North and Central America, where it can be found throughout the Southwestern United States and California, through Mexico, as far south as Costa Rica.
It grows in wet habitats, including riverbanks and meadows, sometimes in alkaline soils.
Muhlenbergia utilis is a rhizomatous perennial grass producing decumbent stems up to about 30 centimeters long. The leaves are no more than 3 to 5 centimeters long and just a few millimeters wide. The inflorescence is a small, narrow, partially sheathed series of short branches bearing small spikelets.
External links
- Jepson Manual Treatment - Muhlenbergia utilis
- USDA Plants Profile; Muhlenbergia utilis
- Grass Manual Treatment
- Muhlenbergia utilis - Photo gallery
Categories:
- Muhlenbergia
- Bunchgrasses of North America
- Grasses of Mexico
- Grasses of the United States
- Native grasses of California
- Flora of Central America
- Flora of Costa Rica
- Flora of Northwestern Mexico
- Flora of the Southwestern United States
- Flora of New Mexico
- Natural history of the California chaparral and woodlands
- Natural history of the Transverse Ranges
- Chloridoideae stubs