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Devils Canyon muhly

Muhlenbergia appressa

Also called Appressed Muhly

Devils Canyon muhly
Photo: Chase, Agnes; Hitchcock, A. S., CC0
Family
Poaceae (Grass family)
Grows as
Grass, Annual
Native range
S. California to Arizona and NW. Mexico
Climate
desert or dry shrubland

About

Muhlenbergia appressa, the Devil's Canyon muhly, is a North American species of grass. It is native to the desert region where California and Arizona border Baja California. Muhlenbergia appressa has also been collected on San Clemente Island, one of the Channel Islands of California, in the chaparral and woodlands habitat..

Muhlenbergia appressa is an annual grass growing up to about 40 centimeters tall. The inflorescence is very narrow, with short, appressed branches. The spikelets have awns up to 3 centimeters long. Spikelets low on the inflorescence often stay wrapped in sheaths and do not bloom.

Other Muhlenbergia plants

Muhlenbergia alopecuroides · Foxtail muhly · Scratchgrass · California muhly · Hairawn muhly · Plains muhly · Bamboo muhly · Cutover muhly · Pullup muhly · Wirestem muhly · Spiked muhly · Lindheimer's muhly

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Muhlenbergia appressa by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.

Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.

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