Como resultado de que Festuca dolichophylla,
Muhlenbergia fastigiata y otras herbaceas como Alchemilla pinnata, Azorella diapensoides, Eleocharis albibracteata y Geranium sessiliflorum forman parte de una asociacion vegetal, T.
matronalis into a relatively undisturbed natural community dominated by
Muhlenbergia montana.
Cabe destacar la presencia de
Muhlenbergia monandra Alegria & Rugolo como integrante de la vegetacion herbacea anual habitual acompanante; otra especie endemica de reciente data (Alegria Olivera & Rugolo de Agrasar, 2001) proveniente de esta misma area.
Caveat: This grass (Nassella tenuissima) can be invasive in some areas; if you live near parks or wild land, substitute Atlas fescue (Festuca mairei), autumn moor grass (Sesleria autumnalis), blue grama (Bouteloua gracilis), or pink muhly (
Muhlenbergia capillaris).
The herbaceous plants in this community include Carex spp., sedges; Elymus canadensis, Canada wild rye; Ageratina altissima, white snakeroot;
Muhlenbergia spp., muhly grasses; Sanicula canadensis, Canada sanicle; and Viola sororia, sister violet.
Strickland (1983) described this phenomenon in grasses from North Amerita (Oryzopsis hymenoides, Festuca idahoensis, Stipa spp.,
Muhlenbergia torreyii, Agropyron spicatum and A.
Species richness was greatest in the native
Muhlenbergia habitat (three species) and least in the non-native King Ranch bluestem habitat (one species).
Actualmente, la vegetacion esta representada por asociaciones secundarias, de las que se reconoce un bosque de encino-pino, un pastizal amacollado de
Muhlenbergia emersley con algunos arbustos de Bacharis conferta y un pastizal cespitoso e inundable dominado por gramineas, ciperaceas y musgos (Sphagnum sp.).
En las angiospermas sobresalen Salvia, Euphorbia, Ipomoea,
Muhlenbergia, Solanum, Gnaphalium y Mammillaria (Cuadro 3).
Common grasses included blue grama, western wheatgrass, tall fescue (Festuca arundinacea), crested wheatgrass (Agropyron cristatum), mountain muhly (
Muhlenbergia montana), Kentucky bluegrass (Poa pratensis), dropseed (Sporobolus) , and squirrel tail (Sitanion hystrix).
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Muhlenbergia frondosa (Poir.) Fernald; Common Satan Grass, Wirestem Muhly; Sandy creek bank along Mississinewa River; Rare; C = 3; BSUH 17645.
Muhlenbergia - a genus of grasses of the family Gramineae grown in America and Asia