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Taxon: Muhlenbergia racemosa (Michx.) Britton et al.

 
Genus: Muhlenbergia
Family: Poaceae (alt.Gramineae)
Subfamily: Chloridoideae
Tribe: Cynodonteae
Subtribe: Muhlenbergiinae
Nomen number: 316757
Place of publication: Prelim. cat. 67. 1888
Link to protologue:
Name Verified on: 09-Feb-2004 by ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions: 0 (0 active, 0 available) in National Plant Germplasm System

Common names:

Economic Importance:

  • Animal food: forage
  • Environmental: revegetator; revegetator

Distributional Range:

    Native

    Northern America
    • EASTERN CANADA: Canada [Québec (s.), Nova Scotia, Ontario (s.)]
    • WESTERN CANADA: Canada [Saskatchewan, Alberta, Manitoba, British Columbia (s.)]
    • NORTHEASTERN U.S.A.: United States [Indiana, Maine, Michigan, New Hampshire, New Jersey (n.w.), Pennsylvania (e.), Vermont]
    • NORTH-CENTRAL U.S.A.: United States [Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, Oklahoma, South Dakota, Wisconsin]
    • NORTHWESTERN U.S.A.: United States [Colorado, Idaho (n.), Montana, Washington (s.e.)]
    • SOUTH-CENTRAL U.S.A.: United States [New Mexico, Texas]
    • SOUTHWESTERN U.S.A.: United States [Arizona (n.), Nevada (e.), Utah]


References:

  1. Cronquist, A. et al. 1972-. Intermountain flora.
  2. Deam, C. C. 1940. Flora of Indiana.
  3. Dore, W. G. & J. McNeill. 1980. Grasses of Ontario. Research Branch Agriculture Canada Monograph 26
  4. Eilers, L. J. & D. M. Roosa. 1994. The vascular plants of Iowa
  5. FNA Editorial Committee. 1993-. Flora of North America.
  6. Gould, F. W. 1975. The grasses of Texas
  7. Markle, G. M. et al., eds. 1998. Food and feed crops of the United States, ed. 2
  8. McGregor, R. L. et al. (The Great Plains Flora Association). 1986. Flora of the Great Plains.
  9. Ownbey, G. B. & T. Morley. 1991. Vascular plants of Minnesota: a checklist and atlas
  10. Smith, S. R. & A. Mintenko. 2000. Developing and evaluating North American native grasses for turf use. Diversity 16:43-45.
  11. Voss, E. 1972-. Michigan flora.
  12. Wetter, M. A. et al. WISFLORA: Wisconsin vascular plant species (on-line resource).

Check other web resources for Muhlenbergia racemosa (Michx.) Britton et al. :

Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2024. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN-Taxonomy).
National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland. URL: http://gringlobal.iita.org/gringlobal/taxonomydetail.aspx?id=316757. Accessed 5 July 2024.