Index / Search / Muhlenbergia racemosa
§1 Plant
Muhlenbergia racemosa (Michx.) Britton, Sterns & Poggenb.
vernacular marsh muhly — species · Poaceae
§2Habit & range
Habit and range
- Growth habit
- Graminoid
- Duration
- Perennial
- Group
- Monocot
- Family
- Poaceae Barnhart
- Genus
- Muhlenbergia
§2a
Native status, by region
- CAN Canada Native
- L48 Lower 48 States Native
§2b
County-level range
· 497 counties across 27 states/territories§3Cultivation specs · USDA
Recorded by the USDA Plant Materials Program.
§3a
Tolerances
- Drought
- Low
- Shade
- Low
- Moisture use
- Medium
- Fire
- High
- Salinity
- Low
- Anaerobic
- Low
- CaCO₃
- Medium
- Hedging
- None
§3b
Climate & soil
- Cold tolerance
- -38 °F minimum
- Frost-free days
- 100 min.
- Precipitation
- 10–35 in/yr
- pH range
- 5.9–8
- Root depth
- 8 in min.
- Fertility need
- Medium
- Soil texture
- coarse, medium, fine
§3c
Form & growth
- Growth form
- Rhizomatous
- Growth rate
- Moderate
- Lifespan
- Short
- Mature height
- 3 ft
- Foliage texture
- Medium
- Foliage colour
- Green
- Porosity (summer)
- Porous
- Porosity (winter)
- Porous
- Flower colour
- Green
- Fruit colour
- Brown
- Fire resistant
- No
- N fixation
- None
- Toxicity
- None
§3d
Reproduction
- Bloom period
- Late Summer
- Seed abundance
- Low
- Seed begins
- Summer
- Seed ends
- Fall
- Spread rate
- Slow
- Stratify
- No
- Seeds / lb
- 1,608,000
- Propagation
- seed, sprigs
§3e
Use & availability
- Commercial availability
- No Known Source
- Nursery stock
- No
- Browse palatability
- Low
- Graze palatability
- Low
- Palatable, human
- No
- Protein potential
- Low
- Lumber
- No
- Christmas tree
- No
§4Counties, by state
Recorded in 497 counties across 27 states/territories.
Arizona view state ↗ 3 N ▾
Colorado view state ↗ 22 N ▾
Idaho view state ↗ 8 N ▾
Illinois view state ↗ 35 N ▾
- Alexander 17003
- Calhoun 17013
- Carroll 17015
- Cass 17017
- Champaign 17019
- Cook 17031
- Hancock 17067
- Henderson 17071
- Henry 17073
- Jackson 17077
- Jersey 17083
- Jo Daviess 17085
- Kane 17089
- Lake 17097
- LaSalle 17099
- Lee 17103
- Livingston 17105
- Madison 17119
- Mason 17125
- McHenry 17111
- Menard 17129
- Monroe 17133
- Morgan 17137
- Ogle 17141
- Peoria 17143
- Pike 17149
- Randolph 17157
- Sangamon 17167
- Scott 17171
- St. Clair 17163
- Stark 17175
- Tazewell 17179
- Union 17181
- Whiteside 17195
- Winnebago 17201
Indiana view state ↗ 17 N ▾
Iowa view state ↗ 47 N ▾
- Adair 19001
- Audubon 19009
- Boone 19015
- Calhoun 19025
- Carroll 19027
- Cerro Gordo 19033
- Clarke 19039
- Clay 19041
- Crawford 19047
- Dallas 19049
- Decatur 19053
- Dickinson 19059
- Emmet 19063
- Fremont 19071
- Greene 19073
- Guthrie 19077
- Hamilton 19079
- Hancock 19081
- Harrison 19085
- Howard 19089
- Humboldt 19091
- Ida 19093
- Kossuth 19109
- Lyon 19119
- Madison 19121
- Mahaska 19123
- Marion 19125
- Mitchell 19131
- O'Brien 19141
- Osceola 19143
- Page 19145
- Palo Alto 19147
- Plymouth 19149
- Polk 19153
- Pottawattamie 19155
- Sac 19161
- Shelby 19165
- Sioux 19167
- Story 19169
- Union 19175
- Warren 19181
- Washington 19183
- Webster 19187
- Winnebago 19189
- Winneshiek 19191
- Woodbury 19193
- Worth 19195
Kansas view state ↗ 64 N ▾
- Anderson 20003
- Atchison 20005
- Barber 20007
- Brown 20013
- Cheyenne 20023
- Clark 20025
- Clay 20027
- Cloud 20029
- Comanche 20033
- Decatur 20039
- Dickinson 20041
- Doniphan 20043
- Douglas 20045
- Edwards 20047
- Ellis 20051
- Ellsworth 20053
- Franklin 20059
- Geary 20061
- Graham 20065
- Greeley 20071
- Greenwood 20073
- Hamilton 20075
- Harper 20077
- Harvey 20079
- Hodgeman 20083
- Jackson 20085
- Jefferson 20087
- Jewell 20089
- Kiowa 20097
- Leavenworth 20103
- Lyon 20111
- Marion 20115
- Marshall 20117
- Meade 20119
- Morris 20127
- Nemaha 20131
- Ness 20135
- Norton 20137
- Osage 20139
- Osborne 20141
- Ottawa 20143
- Phillips 20147
- Pottawatomie 20149
- Rawlins 20153
- Republic 20157
- Rice 20159
- Riley 20161
- Rooks 20163
- Rush 20165
- Russell 20167
- Saline 20169
- Scott 20171
- Shawnee 20177
- Sheridan 20179
- Sherman 20181
- Smith 20183
- Sumner 20191
- Trego 20195
- Wallace 20199
- Washington 20201
- Wichita 20203
- Wilson 20205
- Woodson 20207
- Wyandotte 20209
Kentucky view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Maine view state ↗ 3 N ▾
Michigan view state ↗ 3 N ▾
Minnesota view state ↗ 51 N ▾
- Anoka 27003
- Beltrami 27007
- Benton 27009
- Big Stone 27011
- Blue Earth 27013
- Cass 27021
- Chippewa 27023
- Chisago 27025
- Clay 27027
- Clearwater 27029
- Cottonwood 27033
- Douglas 27041
- Faribault 27043
- Fillmore 27045
- Freeborn 27047
- Goodhue 27049
- Grant 27051
- Hennepin 27053
- Houston 27055
- Hubbard 27057
- Isanti 27059
- Itasca 27061
- Kanabec 27065
- Kittson 27069
- Lac qui Parle 27073
- Lincoln 27081
- Morrison 27097
- Mower 27099
- Murray 27101
- Nobles 27105
- Norman 27107
- Olmsted 27109
- Otter Tail 27111
- Pipestone 27117
- Polk 27119
- Pope 27121
- Ramsey 27123
- Red Lake 27125
- Rice 27131
- Rock 27133
- Roseau 27135
- St. Louis 27137
- Stearns 27145
- Swift 27151
- Traverse 27155
- Wabasha 27157
- Washington 27163
- Wilkin 27167
- Winona 27169
- Wright 27171
- Yellow Medicine 27173
Missouri view state ↗ 23 N ▾
- Atchison 29005
- Boone 29019
- Camden 29029
- Cape Girardeau 29031
- Clay 29047
- Gasconade 29073
- Holt 29087
- Howard 29089
- Jackson 29095
- Jasper 29097
- Jefferson 29099
- Johnson 29101
- Lawrence 29109
- Madison 29123
- Marion 29127
- Monroe 29137
- Newton 29145
- Osage 29151
- Pike 29163
- Randolph 29175
- Saline 29195
- St. Clair 29185
- St. Louis 29189
Montana view state ↗ 4 N ▾
Nebraska view state ↗ 50 N ▾
- Banner 31007
- Brown 31017
- Buffalo 31019
- Cass 31025
- Chase 31029
- Cherry 31031
- Cheyenne 31033
- Clay 31035
- Cuming 31039
- Dawes 31045
- Dawson 31047
- Dixon 31051
- Dodge 31053
- Douglas 31055
- Dundy 31057
- Franklin 31061
- Frontier 31063
- Furnas 31065
- Gage 31067
- Garden 31069
- Gosper 31073
- Grant 31075
- Greeley 31077
- Harlan 31083
- Hayes 31085
- Holt 31089
- Kearney 31099
- Keya Paha 31103
- Lancaster 31109
- Lincoln 31111
- Merrick 31121
- Nemaha 31127
- Nuckolls 31129
- Otoe 31131
- Pawnee 31133
- Platte 31141
- Red Willow 31145
- Richardson 31147
- Sarpy 31153
- Saunders 31155
- Seward 31159
- Sheridan 31161
- Sherman 31163
- Sioux 31165
- Stanton 31167
- Thomas 31171
- Valley 31175
- Washington 31177
- Webster 31181
- York 31185
Nevada view state ↗ 1 N ▾
New Hampshire view state ↗ 1 N ▾
New Mexico view state ↗ 10 N ▾
New York view state ↗ 1 N ▾
North Dakota view state ↗ 39 N ▾
- Barnes 38003
- Benson 38005
- Billings 38007
- Burke 38013
- Burleigh 38015
- Cass 38017
- Cavalier 38019
- Dickey 38021
- Divide 38023
- Emmons 38029
- Golden Valley 38033
- Grand Forks 38035
- Grant 38037
- Griggs 38039
- Kidder 38043
- LaMoure 38045
- Logan 38047
- McHenry 38049
- McIntosh 38051
- McKenzie 38053
- McLean 38055
- Mercer 38057
- Morton 38059
- Mountrail 38061
- Nelson 38063
- Pembina 38067
- Ramsey 38071
- Ransom 38073
- Richland 38077
- Sargent 38081
- Sheridan 38083
- Sioux 38085
- Slope 38087
- Stark 38089
- Steele 38091
- Stutsman 38093
- Ward 38101
- Wells 38103
- Williams 38105
Ohio view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Oklahoma view state ↗ 15 N ▾
South Dakota view state ↗ 28 N ▾
- Beadle 46005
- Bon Homme 46009
- Brown 46013
- Buffalo 46017
- Clay 46027
- Codington 46029
- Corson 46031
- Custer 46033
- Day 46037
- Fall River 46047
- Grant 46051
- Haakon 46055
- Harding 46063
- Hughes 46065
- Jerauld 46073
- Kingsbury 46077
- Lawrence 46081
- Lincoln 46083
- Miner 46097
- Minnehaha 46099
- Pennington 46103
- Spink 46115
- Stanley 46117
- Todd 46121
- Tripp 46123
- Union 46127
- Walworth 46129
- Yankton 46135
Utah view state ↗ 11 N ▾
Washington view state ↗ 4 N ▾
Wisconsin view state ↗ 42 N ▾
- Adams 55001
- Brown 55009
- Buffalo 55011
- Chippewa 55017
- Clark 55019
- Columbia 55021
- Crawford 55023
- Dane 55025
- Dodge 55027
- Dunn 55033
- Eau Claire 55035
- Grant 55043
- Green 55045
- Green Lake 55047
- Iowa 55049
- Jackson 55053
- Kenosha 55059
- La Crosse 55063
- Lincoln 55069
- Marathon 55073
- Menominee 55078
- Milwaukee 55079
- Monroe 55081
- Oconto 55083
- Pepin 55091
- Pierce 55093
- Polk 55095
- Portage 55097
- Price 55099
- Richland 55103
- Rock 55105
- Sauk 55111
- Sawyer 55113
- St. Croix 55109
- Taylor 55119
- Trempealeau 55121
- Vernon 55123
- Vilas 55125
- Walworth 55127
- Washburn 55129
- Washington 55131
- Winnebago 55139
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/MURA ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/2703956 ↗Record version
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