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Bamboo muhly

Muhlenbergia dumosa

Bamboo muhly
Photo: Daderot, CC0

Bamboo muhly is a clumping, bamboo-like ornamental grass native to dry parts of Arizona, California and Mexico. It thrives in full sun and well-drained soil and needs little water once established.

Family
Poaceae (Grass family)
Grows as
Grass
Light
Full sun, Part shade
Water
Water deeply but infrequently, letting the soil dry out between waterings; drought tolerant once established.
Soil
Well-drained sandy or gravelly soil; tolerates poor soil.
Temperature
10–38 °C; protect below about 0 °C
How easy
Easy
Native range
Arizona to Mexico
Climate
desert or dry shrubland

About

Muhlenbergia dumosa, commonly known as the bamboo muhly, is a North American species of grass native to Arizona and California.

Other Muhlenbergia plants

Hairawn muhly · Lindheimer's muhly · Deergrass · Nimblewill · Dune Hair Grass · Bog muhly

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Muhlenbergia dumosa by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.

The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.

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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