Muhlenbergia andina
(Redirected from Foxtail muhly)
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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. andina
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| Binomial name | |
| Muhlenbergia andina | |
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Muhlenbergia comata | |
Muhlenbergia andina, known by the common name foxtail muhly, is a species of grass.
Distribution
[edit]It is native to western North America from British Columbia to California to Texas. It grows in moist habitat such as meadows, marshes, and riparian riverbanks.
Description
[edit]Muhlenbergia andina is a rhizomatous perennial grass growing 25 to 85 centimeters tall. The inflorescence is a narrow, dense cluster of appressed, upright branches bearing small, silky-haired spikelets.
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Categories:
- Muhlenbergia
- Grasses of the United States
- Grasses of Canada
- Native grasses of California
- Native grasses of Texas
- Flora of the Northwestern United States
- Flora of the Southwestern United States
- Flora of the California desert regions
- Flora of New Mexico
- Flora of the Sierra Nevada (United States)
- Natural history of the Mojave Desert
- Chloridoideae stubs