Index / Search / Muhlenbergia sylvatica
§1 Plant
Muhlenbergia sylvatica (Torr.) Torr. ex A. Gray
vernacular woodland 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
- CAN Canada Native
- L48 Lower 48 States Native
§2b
County-level range
· 486 counties across 31 states/territories§3Cultivation specs · USDA
Recorded by the USDA Plant Materials Program.
§3a
Tolerances
- Drought
- Low
- Shade
- Medium
- Moisture use
- Medium
- Fire
- High
- Salinity
- None
- Anaerobic
- Low
- CaCO₃
- Low
- Hedging
- None
§3b
Climate & soil
- Cold tolerance
- -28 °F minimum
- Frost-free days
- 100 min.
- Precipitation
- 28–45 in/yr
- pH range
- 5.9–7.5
- Root depth
- 8 in min.
- Fertility need
- Medium
- Soil texture
- medium
§3c
Form & growth
- Growth form
- Rhizomatous
- Growth rate
- Moderate
- Lifespan
- Short
- Mature height
- 3 ft
- Foliage texture
- Medium
- Foliage colour
- Green
- Porosity (summer)
- Porous
- Porosity (winter)
- Porous
- Flower colour
- Yellow
- Fruit colour
- Brown
- Fire resistant
- No
- N fixation
- None
- Toxicity
- None
§3d
Reproduction
- Bloom period
- Mid Summer
- Seed abundance
- Low
- Seed begins
- Summer
- Seed ends
- Fall
- Spread rate
- Slow
- Stratify
- No
- Seeds / lb
- 750,000
- Propagation
- seed, sprigs
§3e
Use & availability
- Commercial availability
- No Known Source
- Nursery stock
- No
- Browse palatability
- Low
- Graze palatability
- Low
- Palatable, human
- No
- Protein potential
- Low
- Lumber
- No
- Christmas tree
- No
§4Counties, by state
Recorded in 486 counties across 31 states/territories.
Arizona view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Arkansas view state ↗ 13 N ▾
Delaware view state ↗ 1 N ▾
District of Columbia view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Georgia view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Illinois view state ↗ 43 N ▾
- Adams 17001
- Alexander 17003
- Boone 17007
- Carroll 17015
- Cass 17017
- Champaign 17019
- Christian 17021
- Coles 17029
- Cook 17031
- De Witt 17039
- DeKalb 17037
- DuPage 17043
- Fulton 17057
- Grundy 17063
- Hancock 17067
- Henderson 17071
- Henry 17073
- Iroquois 17075
- Jackson 17077
- Jasper 17079
- Jo Daviess 17085
- Johnson 17087
- Kane 17089
- Kankakee 17091
- Knox 17095
- Lake 17097
- LaSalle 17099
- Macon 17115
- Mason 17125
- Menard 17129
- Ogle 17141
- Peoria 17143
- Perry 17145
- Piatt 17147
- Pope 17151
- Randolph 17157
- Stark 17175
- Union 17181
- Wabash 17185
- Warren 17187
- Washington 17189
- Williamson 17199
- Winnebago 17201
Indiana view state ↗ 25 N ▾
- Bartholomew 18005
- Brown 18013
- Carroll 18015
- Clark 18019
- Crawford 18025
- Decatur 18031
- Gibson 18051
- Grant 18053
- Harrison 18061
- Howard 18067
- Jay 18075
- Jefferson 18077
- Knox 18083
- Lake 18089
- LaPorte 18091
- Lawrence 18093
- Marshall 18099
- Montgomery 18107
- Perry 18123
- Posey 18129
- Randolph 18135
- Steuben 18151
- Tippecanoe 18157
- Wabash 18169
- Warren 18171
Iowa view state ↗ 9 N ▾
Kansas view state ↗ 19 N ▾
Kentucky view state ↗ 35 N ▾
- Bath 21011
- Bell 21013
- Breathitt 21025
- Bullitt 21029
- Carlisle 21039
- Carter 21043
- Clark 21049
- Clay 21051
- Crittenden 21055
- Edmonson 21061
- Fayette 21067
- Floyd 21071
- Garrard 21079
- Hardin 21093
- Harlan 21095
- Harrison 21097
- Jefferson 21111
- Jessamine 21113
- Laurel 21125
- Lawrence 21127
- Lee 21129
- Letcher 21133
- Lyon 21143
- McCreary 21147
- Menifee 21165
- Montgomery 21173
- Perry 21193
- Pike 21195
- Powell 21197
- Pulaski 21199
- Rockcastle 21203
- Rowan 21205
- Todd 21219
- Trigg 21221
- Wolfe 21237
Maine view state ↗ 8 N ▾
Massachusetts view state ↗ 9 N ▾
Michigan view state ↗ 9 N ▾
Minnesota view state ↗ 8 N ▾
Mississippi view state ↗ 5 N ▾
Missouri view state ↗ 49 N ▾
- Barry 29009
- Barton 29011
- Benton 29015
- Boone 29019
- Butler 29023
- Callaway 29027
- Camden 29029
- Carroll 29033
- Carter 29035
- Chariton 29041
- Christian 29043
- Crawford 29055
- Dent 29065
- Douglas 29067
- Franklin 29071
- Gasconade 29073
- Gentry 29075
- Henry 29083
- Howard 29089
- Howell 29091
- Iron 29093
- Jackson 29095
- Jasper 29097
- Jefferson 29099
- Laclede 29105
- Lafayette 29107
- Lawrence 29109
- Lincoln 29113
- Linn 29115
- Madison 29123
- Miller 29131
- Newton 29145
- Nodaway 29147
- Oregon 29149
- Ozark 29153
- Perry 29157
- Phelps 29161
- Randolph 29175
- Reynolds 29179
- Ripley 29181
- Shannon 29203
- St. Charles 29183
- St. Francois 29187
- St. Louis 29189
- Ste. Genevieve 29186
- Stone 29209
- Taney 29213
- Texas 29215
- Warren 29219
Nebraska view state ↗ 10 N ▾
New Hampshire view state ↗ 9 N ▾
New Jersey view state ↗ 13 N ▾
New York view state ↗ 32 N ▾
- Albany 36001
- Bronx 36005
- Cattaraugus 36009
- Cayuga 36011
- Chautauqua 36013
- Chemung 36015
- Clinton 36019
- Columbia 36021
- Erie 36029
- Essex 36031
- Greene 36039
- Jefferson 36045
- Monroe 36055
- Montgomery 36057
- Niagara 36063
- Oneida 36065
- Onondaga 36067
- Orange 36071
- Rensselaer 36083
- Richmond 36085
- Rockland 36087
- Saratoga 36091
- Schenectady 36093
- Suffolk 36103
- Sullivan 36105
- Tioga 36107
- Ulster 36111
- Warren 36113
- Washington 36115
- Wayne 36117
- Westchester 36119
- Yates 36123
North Carolina view state ↗ 11 N ▾
Ohio view state ↗ 18 N ▾
Oklahoma view state ↗ 4 N ▾
Pennsylvania view state ↗ 47 N ▾
- Allegheny 42003
- Beaver 42007
- Bedford 42009
- Berks 42011
- Blair 42013
- Bradford 42015
- Bucks 42017
- Butler 42019
- Cambria 42021
- Cameron 42023
- Carbon 42025
- Chester 42029
- Clinton 42035
- Cumberland 42041
- Dauphin 42043
- Delaware 42045
- Elk 42047
- Fayette 42051
- Forest 42053
- Franklin 42055
- Fulton 42057
- Huntingdon 42061
- Jefferson 42065
- Juniata 42067
- Lackawanna 42069
- Lancaster 42071
- Lawrence 42073
- Lebanon 42075
- Lehigh 42077
- Luzerne 42079
- Lycoming 42081
- McKean 42083
- Mifflin 42087
- Monroe 42089
- Montgomery 42091
- Northampton 42095
- Philadelphia 42101
- Pike 42103
- Schuylkill 42107
- Somerset 42111
- Susquehanna 42115
- Union 42119
- Venango 42121
- Warren 42123
- Wayne 42127
- Wyoming 42131
- York 42133
Rhode Island view state ↗ 2 N ▾
South Dakota view state ↗ 3 N ▾
Tennessee view state ↗ 26 N ▾
- Bledsoe 47007
- Blount 47009
- Carter 47019
- Claiborne 47025
- Coffee 47031
- Cumberland 47035
- DeKalb 47041
- Fentress 47049
- Grundy 47061
- Humphreys 47085
- Lewis 47101
- Marion 47115
- Maury 47119
- Monroe 47123
- Montgomery 47125
- Morgan 47129
- Polk 47139
- Rhea 47143
- Roane 47145
- Rutherford 47149
- Sevier 47155
- Stewart 47161
- Sumner 47165
- Van Buren 47175
- Warren 47177
- Wayne 47181
Vermont view state ↗ 11 N ▾
Virginia view state ↗ 44 N ▾
- Albemarle 51003
- Alleghany 51005
- Amherst 51009
- Appomattox 51011
- Arlington 51013
- Augusta 51015
- Bath 51017
- Bedford 51019
- Buchanan 51027
- Carroll 51035
- Clarke 51043
- Craig 51045
- Culpeper 51047
- Dickenson 51051
- Dinwiddie 51053
- Fairfax 51059
- Fauquier 51061
- Fluvanna 51065
- Franklin 51067
- Frederick 51069
- Giles 51071
- Grayson 51077
- Hanover 51085
- James City 51095
- King George 51099
- Lee 51105
- Loudoun 51107
- Lunenburg 51111
- Mecklenburg 51117
- Montgomery 51121
- Nottoway 51135
- Page 51139
- Prince Edward 51147
- Prince William 51153
- Rappahannock 51157
- Rockingham 51165
- Scott 51169
- Shenandoah 51171
- Smyth 51173
- Stafford 51179
- Surry 51181
- Sussex 51183
- Wise 51195
- Wythe 51197
West Virginia view state ↗ 12 N ▾
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/MUSY ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/2704046 ↗Record version
Cached and built locally. Source version on this record:
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