View source for Muhlenbergia bushii

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|accepted_name=Muhlenbergia bushii
|accepted_authority=R.W. Pohl
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|common_names=Nodding muhly
|basionyms=
|synonyms={{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Aristata
|authority=unknown
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|name=Muhlenbergia brachyphylla
|authority=unknown
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|hierarchy=Poaceae;Poaceae subfam. Chloridoideae;Poaceae tribe Cynodonteae;Muhlenbergia;Muhlenbergia bushii
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Poaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>subfamily</small>[[Poaceae subfam. Chloridoideae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>tribe</small>[[Poaceae tribe Cynodonteae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Muhlenbergia]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Muhlenbergia bushii]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 25
|mention_page=
|treatment_page=page 158
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Plants </b>perennial; rhizomatous, not cespitose. <b>Culms</b> 30-100 cm tall, 1-2 mm thick, herbaceous; internodes smooth, shiny, usually glabrous throughout. <b>Sheaths</b> glabrous, usually smooth, occasionally scabridulous distally; ligules 0.2-0.6 mm, membranous, truncate, ciliolate; blades 5-15 cm long, 2-7 mm wide, flat, glabrous abaxially, glabrous, smooth or scabridulous adaxially, those of the lateral branches often shorter and narrower than those of the primary branches. <b>Panicles</b> terminal and axillary, 4-15 cm long, 0.1-0.7 cm wide, narrow, not dense; axillary panicles common, partly included in the sheaths; branches 0.5-4 cm, ascending to appressed; pedicels 1-4 mm, glabrous. <b>Spikelets</b> 2.6-3.3 mm, not imbricate along the branches. <b>Glumes</b> subequal, 1.4-2 mm, about 1/3–2/3 as long as the lemmas, smooth or scabridulous distally, l(2)-veined, acuminate or acute, unawned or awned, awns to 1 mm; lemmas 2.6-3.3 mm, narrowly lanceolate, usually hairy on the calluses and lower 1/3 of the margins and midveins (rarely glabrous), hairs 0.5-1 mm, apices scabridulous, acuminate, unawned or awned, awns 0.5-7 mm; paleas 2.2-3.1 mm, shorter than the lemmas, narrowly lanceolate, intercostal region shortly pilose on the basal 1/3, apices acuminate; anthers 0.3-0.6 mm, yellow. <b>Caryopses</b> 1.5-1.8 mm, fusiform, brown. <b>2n</b> = 40.</span><!--

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|distribution=Kans.;Nebr.;Okla.;Tex.;La.;Mo.;Md.;N.C.;W.Va.;Va.;Ark.;Ill.;Ga.;Ind.;Iowa;Ky.
|discussion=<p><i>Muhlenbergia bushii</i> grows in sandy alluvium, open thickets, dry woodlands, and flood plains, at elevations of 10-250 m in the central portion of the contiguous United States.</p><!--
--><p>Early season plants, in which the axillary panicles are poorly developed, can be distinguished from those of <i>M. mexicana</i> by their shiny internodes and the tendency of the blades on the secondary branches to be shorter and narrower than those on the main branches.</p>
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name=Muhlenbergia bushii
|author=
|authority=R.W. Pohl
|rank=species
|parent rank=genus
|synonyms=Aristata;Muhlenbergia brachyphylla
|basionyms=
|family=Poaceae
|distribution=Kans.;Nebr.;Okla.;Tex.;La.;Mo.;Md.;N.C.;W.Va.;Va.;Ark.;Ill.;Ga.;Ind.;Iowa;Ky.
|reference=None
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|subfamily=Poaceae subfam. Chloridoideae
|tribe=Poaceae tribe Cynodonteae
|genus=Muhlenbergia
|species=Muhlenbergia bushii
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