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Revision as of 14:51, 12 April 2016

Muhlenbergia capillaris
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Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Tracheophyta- Vascular plants
Class: Lilianeae -Monocotyledons
Order: Poales
Family: Poaceae
Genus: Muhlenbergia
Species: M. capillaris
Binomial name
Muhlenbergia capillaris
(Lam.) Trin.
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Natural range of Muhlenbergia capillaris from USDA NRCS Plants Database.

Common names: Hairawn muhly

Taxonomic notes

Synonym: Muhlenbergia capillaris (Lam.) Trin. var. capillaris

Description

"Perennials. Blades usually scaberulous on both surfaces and margins; sheath margins scarious, at least apically; ligules scarious, erose or erose-ciliate. Spikelets 1-flowered. Glumes equaling or shorter than lemmas, lemmas not indurate. Grain enclosed by lemma and palea at maturity." - Radford et al 1964

"Cespitose perennial; culms 5-12 dm tall, nodes and internodes glabrous. Leaves primarily basal; blades flat or involute, to 3 dm long, 103 mm wide; sheaths scaberulous; ligules 2-5 mm long. Panicle open, diffuse, delicate, 2-5 dm long, 1-2 dm broad; branches capillary, spreading, scaberulous. Spikelets usually purplish, lanceolate to narrowly ellipsoid, 4-5 mm long excluding awn; pedicels capillary, spreading, scaberulous. Glumes usually 1-nerved, usually scaberulous on midrib, scarious, 1st glume body 0.3-1.2 mm long, awn 0.3-1.2 mm long, 2nd glume body 1-1.5 mm long, awn 1-1.5 mm long; lemmas purplish, 3-nerved, scaberulous, body 3-4 mm long, awns 3-12 mm long; paleas purplish, faintly nerved, acuminate, 3-4 mm long. Grain purplish, narrowly ellipsoid, 2-2.4 mm long." - Radford et al 1964

Distribution

Ecology

Habitat

Phenology

Seed dispersal

According to Kay Kirkman, a plant ecologist, this species disperses by gravity. [1]

Seed bank and germination

Fire ecology

Pollination

Use by animals

Diseases and parasites

Conservation and Management

Cultivation and restoration

Photo Gallery

References and notes

Radford, Albert E., Harry E. Ahles, and C. Ritchie Bell. Manual of the Vascular Flora of the Carolinas. 1964, 1968. The University of North Carolina Press. 107. Print.

  1. Kay Kirkman, unpublished data, 2015.