Muhlenbergia sylvatica (Torr.) Torr. ex A.Gray
Family: Poaceae
forest muhly, woodland drop-seed, woodland satin grass
[Muhlenbergia sylvatica f. attenuata (Torr.) Torr. ex A.Gray,  more...]
Muhlenbergia sylvatica image
Emmet J. Judziewicz  
Muhlenbergia sylvatica image
University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point, Robert W. Freckmann Herbarium (UWSP)  
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