Muhlenbergia sylvatica (Torr.) A.Gray
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Authority
Gleason, Henry A. & Cronquist, Arthur J. 1991. Manual of vascular plants of northeastern United States and adjacent Canada. lxxv + 910 pp.
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Family
Poaceae
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Scientific Name
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Description
Species Description - Vigorously rhizomatous, 4–8(–11) dm, erect, or sprawling when old; culms puberulent, especially on the upper half of an internode; sheaths glabrous; blades 5–14 cm × 3–5(–7) mm; ligule prominent, membranous, ciliate, often lacerate, 1–2.5 mm; infls slender, with appressed branches, the peduncle included or exserted to 8 cm; panicle 6–20 cm × 2–5(–10) mm, the spikelets on pedicels to their own length, 2.2–3.7 mm; glumes subequal, tapering evenly to an acuminate tip, equaling or somewhat shorter than the lemma; lemma 2.2–3.7 mm, short-pilose on the callus, with a slender awn 5–18 mm; anthers 0.3–0.5 mm; 2n=40. Upland woods, rocky ledges, and streambanks; Me. and Que. to Minn., s. to N.C., Ark., and Tex. (M. umbrosa)
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Common Names
forest-muhly