PLANTS Profile for Muhlenbergia tenuiflora (slimflower muhly)

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Muhlenbergia tenuiflora (Willd.) Britton, Sterns & Poggenb.
slimflower muhly

Symbol:

MUTE

Group:

Monocot

Family:

Poaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Graminoid

Native Status:

L48		N
CAN		N

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Line Drawing of Muhlenbergia tenuiflora (Willd.) Britton, Sterns & Poggenb.

Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British Possessions. 3 vols. Charles Scribner's Sons, New York. Vol. 1: 186. Courtesy of Kentucky Native Plant Society. Scanned by Omnitek Inc. Usage Requirements.

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Muhlenbergia tenuiflora (Willd.) Britton, Sterns & Poggenb.

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Synonyms:
Muhlenbergia tenuiflora (Willd.) Britton, Sterns & Poggenb.

	AGTE5	Agrostis tenuiflora Willd.
	MUTEV2	Muhlenbergia tenuiflora (Willd.) Britton, Sterns & Poggenb. ssp. variabilis Scribn.
	MUTEV	Muhlenbergia tenuiflora (Willd.) Britton, Sterns & Poggenb. var. variabilis (Scribn.) Pohl

Distribution:
Muhlenbergia tenuiflora (Willd.) Britton, Sterns & Poggenb.


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USA (AL, AR, CT, DC, DE, GA, IA, IL, IN, KY, MA, MD, MI, MO, MS, NC, NE, NH, NJ, NY, OH, OK, PA, RI, SC, TN, VA, VT, WI, WV), CAN (ON, QC)

Related Taxa:
Muhlenbergia tenuiflora (Willd.) Britton, Sterns & Poggenb.

View 342 genera in Poaceae, 70 species in Muhlenbergia

Classification:
Muhlenbergia tenuiflora (Willd.) Britton, Sterns & Poggenb.

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Kingdom	Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision	Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division	Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class	Liliopsida – Monocotyledons
Subclass	Commelinidae
Order	Cyperales
Family	Poaceae – Grass family
Genus	Muhlenbergia Schreb. – muhly
Species	Muhlenbergia tenuiflora (Willd.) Britton, Sterns & Poggenb. – slimflower muhly

More Accounts and Images:
Muhlenbergia tenuiflora (Willd.) Britton, Sterns & Poggenb.

View species account, distribution map, and illustration from the Grass Manual on the Web.

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 41943.

View photographs and distribution from University of Tennessee Herbarium.

View species account and photographs from University of Wisconsin - Stevens Point Freckmann Herbarium.

Time Generated: 05/19/2013 03:29 PM CDT