Family: Poaceae
marsh muhly, marsh wild-Timothy, spiked muhly
[Muhlenbergia glomerata var. cinnoides (Willd.) Trin., more...]
Kenneth J. Sytsma
Kitty Kohout
University of Wisconsin - Madison (WIS-VP)
Etymology: Muhlenbergia: after Gotthilf Heinrich E. Muhlenberg (1753-1815). Born in Trappe, Pennsylvania, educated in Halle, Germany, after returning to US., devoted his leisure hours to the study of the natural sciences, botany in particular.
Plants: perennial grass
Conservation Status: Native
Plants: perennial grass
Conservation Status: Native
Fens, boggy lakeshores, wet thickets, mesic to wet prairies, clearings in moist woods, tamarack fens, shrub carr, Lake Michigan dune swales, sedge meadows, pine barrens, low areas along roads and railroads, ditches, springy slopes, bog margins; forests of oak and aspen-oak-pine, swamps of white cedar-tamarack-paper birch, green ash. Found throughout the state but rare in the Driftless Area.
Flora of North America: Flora of North America Floristic Rating: Coefficient of Conservatism = 9, Wetland Indicator = FACW+ Atlas of the Wisconsin Prairie and Savanna Flora: by T.S. Cochrane & H.H. Iltis: habitat, distribution infomation / flowering and fruiting times USDA Plants Database: Federal Distribution and detailed information including photos Grasses of Iowa: Detailed photographs, descriptions, maps USGS - Northern Prairie Wildlife Research Center: Wetland Plants and Plant Communities of Minnesota and Wisconsin
Kitty Kohout
