Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Monocots: Commelinids: Poales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Muhlenbergia schreberi
FAMILY
Poaceae
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Learn more about Muhlenbergia from the Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Muhlenbergia schreberi
FAMILY
Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 029-45-003:
Muhlenbergia schreberi
FAMILY
Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Grasses of the US (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950)
Muhlenbergia schreberi
COMMON NAME:
Nimblewill
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_musc_001_lvd
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Hitchcock, A.S. (rev. A. Chase). 1950 pnd_musc_003_lvd
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JK Marlow jkm0406g_06
June Greenville County SC
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JK Marlow s060615_a
June Greenville County SC
Leaves flat & narrow, 3-5cm long, 1-4mm wide, rough on surfaces & margins, per Forest Plants of the Southeast and Their Wildlife Uses.
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JK Marlow jkm0408h_06
August Greenville County SC
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JK Marlow jkm201017_7798
October Greenville County SC
Culms weak, decumbent, rooting at the nodes, the upper portions erect, per Weakley's Flora (2015).
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JK Marlow jkm201018_7823
October Greenville County SC
Ear [inflorescence] 5" long; earlet [spikelet] sharp pointed with 1 long awn, per Field Guide to the Grasses, Sedges & Rushes of the US.
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JK Marlow jkm201018_7826
October Greenville County SC
Spikelets one-flowered, the rachilla disarticulating above the glumes, per Manual of the Grasses of the United States.
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Keith Bradley kab_m_schreberi_7475
October Lexington County SC
Congaree Creek Heritage Preserve
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Keith Bradley kab_m_schreberi_7486
October Lexington County SC
Congaree Creek Heritage Preserve
Panicle slender, dense, per Weakley's Flora (2015).
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Muhlenbergia schreberi
FAMILY
Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Muhlenbergia schreberi
FAMILY
Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 029-45-003:
Muhlenbergia schreberi
FAMILY
Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Grasses of the US (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950)
Muhlenbergia schreberi
954
Grass, Sedge, or Rush
Perennial
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Habitat: Bottomland and other moist forests, dry forests, fields, dirt roads, disturbed areas, per Weakley's Flora
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LEAVES:
Simple
Alternate, 2-ranked
RHIZOMES? STOLONS?
Rooting at the nodes, without a true rhizome
FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
Spikelets greenish/ Lemmas usually purplish
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Grain reddish
Grain
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Forest Plants of the Southeast and Their Wildlife Uses p236
- Manual of the Grasses of the United States p397
- Weeds of Southern Turfgrasses p048