Muhlenbergia californica
Appearance
Muhlenbergia californica | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Monocots |
Clade: | Commelinids |
Order: | Poales |
Family: | Poaceae |
Genus: | Muhlenbergia |
Species: | M. californica
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Binomial name | |
Muhlenbergia californica |
Muhlenbergia californica is an uncommon species of grass known by the common name California muhly.
Distribution
[edit]It is endemic to California Transverse Ranges, where it is known only from the San Bernardino Mountains in Southern California.[1][2]
It grows in moist habitat, such as streambanks and ditches, in the chaparral and woodlands.
Description
[edit]Muhlenbergia californica is a rhizomatous perennial grass growing 30 to 70 centimeters tall. The inflorescence is a narrow array of thin branches bearing many tiny pointed or awned hairy spikelets each a few millimeters long.
References
[edit]- ^ "Taxon Report 5700: Muhlenbergia californica". Calflora. Retrieved 21 December 2011.
- ^ "Muhlenbergia californica". PLANTS Profile. United States Department of Agriculture. Retrieved 21 December 2011.
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