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§1 Plant
Muhlenbergia richardsonis (Trin.) Rydb.
vernacular mat muhly — species · Poaceae
§2Habit & range
Habit and range
- Growth habit
- Graminoid
- Duration
- Perennial
- Group
- Monocot
- Family
- Poaceae Barnhart
- Genus
- Muhlenbergia
§2a
Native status, by region
- AK Alaska Native
- CAN Canada Native
- L48 Lower 48 States Native
§2b
County-level range
· 80 counties across 10 states/territories§3Cultivation specs · USDA
Recorded by the USDA Plant Materials Program.
§3a
Tolerances
- Drought
- Low
- Shade
- High
- Moisture use
- High
- Fire
- Medium
- Salinity
- None
- Anaerobic
- None
- CaCO₃
- High
- Hedging
- Medium
§3b
Climate & soil
- Cold tolerance
- -28 °F minimum
- Frost-free days
- 140 min.
- Precipitation
- 10–19 in/yr
- pH range
- 7.5–9.5
- Root depth
- 6 in min.
- Fertility need
- Low
- Soil texture
- medium, fine
§3c
Form & growth
- Growth form
- Rhizomatous
- Growth rate
- Rapid
- Lifespan
- Short
- Mature height
- 0.5 ft
- Foliage texture
- Fine
- Foliage colour
- Green
- Porosity (summer)
- Porous
- Porosity (winter)
- Porous
- Flower colour
- Green
- Fruit colour
- Yellow
- Fire resistant
- No
- N fixation
- None
- Toxicity
- None
§3d
Reproduction
- Bloom period
- Early Summer
- Seed abundance
- Medium
- Seed begins
- Summer
- Seed ends
- Fall
- Spread rate
- Rapid
- Stratify
- No
- Seeds / lb
- 1,500,000
- Propagation
- seed, sprigs
§3e
Use & availability
- Commercial availability
- Contracting Only
- Nursery stock
- No
- Browse palatability
- Medium
- Graze palatability
- Medium
- Palatable, human
- No
- Protein potential
- Medium
- Lumber
- No
- Christmas tree
- No
§4Counties, by state
Recorded in 80 counties across 10 states/territories.
Arizona view state ↗ 3 N ▾
Maine view state ↗ 2 N ▾
Michigan view state ↗ 3 N ▾
Minnesota view state ↗ 28 N ▾
- Becker 27005
- Carver 27019
- Cass 27021
- Clay 27027
- Clearwater 27029
- Cottonwood 27033
- Dakota 27037
- Douglas 27041
- Hennepin 27053
- Kittson 27069
- Lac qui Parle 27073
- Lincoln 27081
- Lyon 27083
- Mahnomen 27087
- Meeker 27093
- Murray 27101
- Norman 27107
- Otter Tail 27111
- Pipestone 27117
- Polk 27119
- Pope 27121
- Red Lake 27125
- Redwood 27127
- Roseau 27135
- Scott 27139
- Traverse 27155
- Wilkin 27167
- Yellow Medicine 27173
Nebraska view state ↗ 3 N ▾
New Mexico view state ↗ 7 N ▾
North Dakota view state ↗ 25 N ▾
- Barnes 38003
- Benson 38005
- Bottineau 38009
- Bowman 38011
- Burke 38013
- Burleigh 38015
- Cass 38017
- Dickey 38021
- Divide 38023
- Emmons 38029
- Foster 38031
- Golden Valley 38033
- Grant 38037
- Kidder 38043
- LaMoure 38045
- McHenry 38049
- McKenzie 38053
- Morton 38059
- Ransom 38073
- Richland 38077
- Sargent 38081
- Steele 38091
- Stutsman 38093
- Ward 38101
- Williams 38105
South Dakota view state ↗ 2 N ▾
Wisconsin view state ↗ 2 N ▾
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/MURI ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/2704017 ↗Record version
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