Muhlenbergia glomerata (Willd.) Trin. is a plant in the Poaceae family, order Poales, kingdom Plantae. Not known to be toxic.

Photo of Muhlenbergia glomerata (Willd.) Trin. (Muhlenbergia glomerata (Willd.) Trin.)
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Muhlenbergia glomerata (Willd.) Trin.

Muhlenbergia glomerata (Willd.) Trin.

Muhlenbergia glomerata is a North American C4 grass that grows in cool, moist habitats across the continent.

Family
Genus
Muhlenbergia
Order
Poales
Class
Liliopsida
⚠️ Toxicity Note

Insufficient toxicity evidence; avoid direct contact and ingestion.

About Muhlenbergia glomerata (Willd.) Trin.

This grass species, Muhlenbergia glomerata (Willd.) Trin., grows branching stems that reach up to 1.2 meters in height from a network of rhizomes. Its inflorescence is a narrow panicle holding spikelets, each of which can be up to 8 millimeters long.

A North American grass, it grows in moist locations across many different habitat types. Its native habitats include bogs, marshes, meadows, ditches, fens, swamps, riversides, lakeshores, hot springs, wet forests, alvars, and seasonally flooded land. Compared to many other C4 grass species, it grows primarily in cooler, wetter locations, and it occurs far less frequently in dry areas.

Photo: (c) Nate Martineau, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Nate Martineau · cc-by-nc

Taxonomy

Plantae Tracheophyta Liliopsida Poales Poaceae Muhlenbergia

More from Poaceae

Sources: GBIF, iNaturalist, Wikipedia, NCBI Taxonomy · Disclaimer

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