Index / Search / Muhlenbergia tenuiflora
§1 Plant
Muhlenbergia tenuiflora (Willd.) Britton, Sterns & Poggenb.
vernacular slimflower 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
· 394 counties across 27 states/territories§3Cultivation
No cultivation specs.
USDA has not characterised this taxon. Roughly four out of five plants in the database lack the detailed cultivation record present here — typically because they have not been the focus of NRCS Plant Materials work. Range and distribution data are unaffected.
§4Counties, by state
Recorded in 394 counties across 27 states/territories.
Arkansas view state ↗ 6 N ▾
Delaware view state ↗ 1 N ▾
District of Columbia view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Georgia view state ↗ 6 N ▾
Illinois view state ↗ 39 N ▾
- Adams 17001
- Alexander 17003
- Boone 17007
- Champaign 17019
- Christian 17021
- Clark 17023
- Clay 17025
- Coles 17029
- Cook 17031
- Douglas 17041
- Fayette 17051
- Fulton 17057
- Grundy 17063
- Hancock 17067
- Henderson 17071
- Henry 17073
- Jackson 17077
- Jo Daviess 17085
- Johnson 17087
- Kane 17089
- Kankakee 17091
- Knox 17095
- Lake 17097
- LaSalle 17099
- Marion 17121
- Menard 17129
- Peoria 17143
- Piatt 17147
- Pike 17149
- Pope 17151
- Putnam 17155
- Randolph 17157
- Saline 17165
- Schuyler 17169
- Scott 17171
- Union 17181
- Wabash 17185
- Warren 17187
- Winnebago 17201
Indiana view state ↗ 35 N ▾
- Brown 18013
- Carroll 18015
- Clark 18019
- Clinton 18023
- Crawford 18025
- Daviess 18027
- Decatur 18031
- Dubois 18037
- Fayette 18041
- Fountain 18045
- Franklin 18047
- Greene 18055
- Harrison 18061
- Hendricks 18063
- Henry 18065
- Howard 18067
- Jefferson 18077
- Jennings 18079
- Knox 18083
- Lawrence 18093
- Monroe 18105
- Montgomery 18107
- Morgan 18109
- Noble 18113
- Parke 18121
- Porter 18127
- Putnam 18133
- Ripley 18137
- Rush 18139
- Steuben 18151
- Sullivan 18153
- Vermillion 18165
- Wabash 18169
- Warren 18171
- Washington 18175
Iowa view state ↗ 2 N ▾
Kansas view state ↗ 2 N ▾
Kentucky view state ↗ 36 N ▾
- Adair 21001
- Bell 21013
- Breathitt 21025
- Bullitt 21029
- Caldwell 21033
- Campbell 21037
- Carter 21043
- Casey 21045
- Estill 21065
- Fayette 21067
- Fleming 21069
- Garrard 21079
- Harlan 21095
- Harrison 21097
- Henderson 21101
- Hopkins 21107
- Jackson 21109
- Jefferson 21111
- Jessamine 21113
- Kenton 21117
- Knott 21119
- Laurel 21125
- Lee 21129
- Letcher 21133
- Madison 21151
- McCreary 21147
- Montgomery 21173
- Oldham 21185
- Pike 21195
- Powell 21197
- Rockcastle 21203
- Rowan 21205
- Trigg 21221
- Warren 21227
- Whitley 21235
- Wolfe 21237
Massachusetts view state ↗ 9 N ▾
Michigan view state ↗ 8 N ▾
Mississippi view state ↗ 2 N ▾
Missouri view state ↗ 27 N ▾
- Barry 29009
- Barton 29011
- Boone 29019
- Callaway 29027
- Camden 29029
- Christian 29043
- Dade 29057
- Dent 29065
- Douglas 29067
- Greene 29077
- Jackson 29095
- Jasper 29097
- Johnson 29101
- Lafayette 29107
- Lawrence 29109
- Madison 29123
- Newton 29145
- Oregon 29149
- Pike 29163
- Polk 29167
- Randolph 29175
- Reynolds 29179
- Scott 29201
- Shannon 29203
- Ste. Genevieve 29186
- Stone 29209
- Wayne 29223
Nebraska view state ↗ 2 N ▾
New Hampshire view state ↗ 3 N ▾
New Jersey view state ↗ 13 N ▾
New York view state ↗ 31 N ▾
- Albany 36001
- Bronx 36005
- Cattaraugus 36009
- Cayuga 36011
- Chemung 36015
- Chenango 36017
- Columbia 36021
- Delaware 36025
- Dutchess 36027
- Greene 36039
- Madison 36053
- Monroe 36055
- Montgomery 36057
- Nassau 36059
- Niagara 36063
- Onondaga 36067
- Orange 36071
- Putnam 36079
- Queens 36081
- Rockland 36087
- Schenectady 36093
- Schuyler 36097
- Seneca 36099
- Sullivan 36105
- Tompkins 36109
- Ulster 36111
- Warren 36113
- Washington 36115
- Wayne 36117
- Westchester 36119
- Yates 36123
North Carolina view state ↗ 12 N ▾
Ohio view state ↗ 27 N ▾
- Adams 39001
- Belmont 39013
- Champaign 39021
- Clermont 39025
- Erie 39043
- Fairfield 39045
- Fayette 39047
- Franklin 39049
- Gallia 39053
- Greene 39057
- Highland 39071
- Hocking 39073
- Jackson 39079
- Lake 39085
- Madison 39097
- Medina 39103
- Morgan 39115
- Muskingum 39119
- Pike 39131
- Portage 39133
- Scioto 39145
- Seneca 39147
- Trumbull 39155
- Tuscarawas 39157
- Vinton 39163
- Warren 39165
- Wayne 39169
Oklahoma view state ↗ 2 N ▾
Pennsylvania view state ↗ 32 N ▾
- Allegheny 42003
- Bedford 42009
- Berks 42011
- Blair 42013
- Bucks 42017
- Butler 42019
- Carbon 42025
- Centre 42027
- Chester 42029
- Clinton 42035
- Dauphin 42043
- Delaware 42045
- Fayette 42051
- Franklin 42055
- Fulton 42057
- Huntingdon 42061
- Lancaster 42071
- Lawrence 42073
- Lehigh 42077
- Luzerne 42079
- Monroe 42089
- Montgomery 42091
- Northampton 42095
- Northumberland 42097
- Philadelphia 42101
- Pike 42103
- Potter 42105
- Schuylkill 42107
- Warren 42123
- Wayne 42127
- Westmoreland 42129
- York 42133
South Carolina view state ↗ 2 N ▾
Tennessee view state ↗ 21 N ▾
Vermont view state ↗ 6 N ▾
Virginia view state ↗ 46 N ▾
- Albemarle 51003
- Alleghany 51005
- Amherst 51009
- Appomattox 51011
- Augusta 51015
- Bath 51017
- Bedford 51019
- Botetourt 51023
- Buchanan 51027
- Carroll 51035
- Charlotte 51037
- Clarke 51043
- Craig 51045
- Cumberland 51049
- Dickenson 51051
- Fairfax 51059
- Fauquier 51061
- Floyd 51063
- Frederick 51069
- Giles 51071
- Greene 51079
- Henry 51089
- Highland 51091
- James City 51095
- Lee 51105
- Loudoun 51107
- Madison 51113
- Montgomery 51121
- Nelson 51125
- Orange 51137
- Page 51139
- Patrick 51141
- Pittsylvania 51143
- Prince William 51153
- Pulaski 51155
- Rappahannock 51157
- Roanoke 51161
- Rockbridge 51163
- Rockingham 51165
- Russell 51167
- Scott 51169
- Shenandoah 51171
- Warren 51187
- Washington 51191
- Wise 51195
- Wythe 51197
West Virginia view state ↗ 11 N ▾
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/MUTE ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/2704024 ↗Record version
Cached and built locally. Source version on this record:
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