Family: Poaceae
marsh muhly, upland wild-Timothy
Kenneth J. Sytsma
Emmet J. Judziewicz
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
Plants: perennial grass
Dry to mesic prairies, oak savannas, bracken grasslands, blufftops, rock outcrops, dry cliffs, open dry woods of oak-hickory and oak-red cedar, on sandbars, in open dry areas, along roadsides and railroads. Primarily found in the southern and western halves of the state, somewhat allopatric from the closely related M. glomerata.
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
Emmet J. Judziewicz
Emmet J. Judziewicz
Emmet J. Judziewicz
Botanical Illustration
