Description

Muhlenbergia mexicana, Mexican Pink Muhly Grass, Wholesale Native Perennial Plant Plugs, Native Grasses, Native Pollinator Support Plants, Organically Grown

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Muhlenbergia mexicana, known by the common names Mexican muhly and wirestem muhly, is a species of grass. It is native to North America, including most of the United States and southern Canada. It actually does not occur in Mexico.

It’s great for cut flowers and even basket making. Slaves in the south (especially Charleston, SC) used to harvest the long, wiry grass blades and use them, along with other native plant materials, to weave sweetgrass baskets (one of the oldest art forms of African origin in the United States)

Mexican Muhly, Leafy Satingrass, Wirestem Muhly
Poaceae (Grass Family)
Synonym(s): Agrostis mexicana, Muhlenbergia ambigua, Muhlenbergia foliosa, Muhlenbergia foliosa ssp. ambigua, Muhlenbergia foliosa ssp. setiglumis, Muhlenbergia mexicana var. filiformis
USDA Symbol: mume2
USDA Native Status: L48 (N), HI (I), CAN (N)
The genus of this plant is named for Gotthilf Heinrich Ernst Muhlenberg (1753-1815), also Heinrich Ludwig Muehlenberg, or Henry Muhlenberg, who was a German-educated Lutheran minister and the first president of Franklin College, now Franklin and Marshall College, Pennsylvania. He is most famous due to his work in the field of botany. An accomplished botanist, chemist, and minerologist, Henry is credited with classifying and naming 150 species of plants in his 1785 work Index Flora Lancastriensis. Muhlenberg’s work and collaboration with European botanists led to great advances in the study of plants and earned him the distinction as America’s first outstanding botanist.

Fine-textured grass, adaptable to disturbed areas.

Plant Characteristics
Duration: Perennial
Habit: Grass/Grass-like
Leaf: Green
Flower:
Bloom Information
Bloom Color: Green
Bloom Time: Jul , Aug
Distribution
USA: AL , AR , AZ , CA , CO , CT , DE , HI , IA , ID , IL , IN , KS , KY , MA , MD , ME , MI , MN , MO , MT , NC , ND , NE , NH , NJ , NM , NV , NY , OH , OK , OR , PA , RI , SD , TN , TX , UT , VA , VT , WA , WI , WV , WY
Canada: NB , NS , ON
Native Habitat: Prairie/Meadow/Field,Wet Meadow/Prairie/Field
Growing Conditions
Water Use: Medium
Light Requirement: Sun
Soil Moisture: Moist
CaCO3 Tolerance: Medium
Benefit
Conspicuous Flowers: yes

Muhlenbergia mexicana, Mexican Pink Muhly Grass, Wholesale Native Perennial Plant Plugs, Native Grasses, Native Pollinator Support Plants, Organically Grown

Check the native status of this species for your area via the USDA Plants Database here.                                                                                                                                                       

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