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Muhlenbergia utilis
Also called Aparejo Grass
Aparejo grass (Muhlenbergia utilis) is a small rhizomatous perennial grass from the southwestern United States and Mexico, usually found in moist places such as riverbanks and meadows. It is a wild species rather than a commonly cultivated ornamental, so it suits naturalistic plantings where it can keep moist soil.
Muhlenbergia utilis is a North American species of grass known by the common name aparejo grass.
It is native to North and Central America, where it can be found throughout the south-western United States and California, through Mexico, as far south as Costa Rica. It grows in wet habitats, including riverbanks and meadows, sometimes in alkaline soils.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Muhlenbergia utilis 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.
