Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Monocots: Commelinids: Poales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Muhlenbergia sylvatica
FAMILY
Poaceae
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SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Muhlenbergia sylvatica
FAMILY
Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Muhlenbergia sylvatica
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 25 (2003)
Muhlenbergia sylvatica
SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 029-45-008:
Muhlenbergia sylvatica FAMILY Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Grasses of the US (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950)
Muhlenbergia sylvatica var. sylvatica
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Muhlenbergia umbrosa
COMMON NAME:
Woodland Muhly
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Hitchcock, A.S. (rev. A. Chase). 1950 pnd_musy_002_lvd
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_muum_001_lvd
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Muhlenbergia sylvatica
FAMILY
Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Muhlenbergia sylvatica
FAMILY
Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Muhlenbergia sylvatica
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 25
Muhlenbergia sylvatica
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 029-45-008:
Muhlenbergia sylvatica
FAMILY
Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Grasses of the US (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950)
Muhlenbergia sylvatica var. sylvatica
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Muhlenbergia umbrosa
956
Grass, Sedge, or Rush
Perennial
Habitat: Bottomland and other moist forests, calcareous or mafic streambanks, prairies, per Weakley's Flora
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Uncommon in NC Mountains (rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)
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LEAVES:
Simple
Alternate, 2-ranked
FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Grain reddish
Grain
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