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Plant - fall
Mingus Mtn - Yeager Cyn Sue Smith | Blade
Mingus Mtn - Yeager Cyn Sue Smith | Spikelets
Mingus Mtn - Yeager Cyn Sue Smith | Seedhead
Mingus Mtn - Yeager Cyn Sue Smith | Seedhead
Mingus Mtn - Yeager Cyn Sue Smith | Ligule
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Origin: Native Season: Warm
Habitat Description: Rocky slopes and ledges, forest openings, mostly in dry soil.
Plant Communities: Pinyon Juniper Woodland, Montane Conifer Forest
Elevation: 3500 - 6500 feet
Similar Species: Muhlenbergia rigens, M. longiligula
Desc: Large clump with a hard, knotty base. Tall often over 3 feet; large contracted seedhead. Ligules long thin, often frayed.
Identification notes: Tufted, 2 to 4 feet tall perennial, erect stems in large clumps; seedheads loose, branches naked at the base; blades more than 3 inches long; sheaths without hairs. M. rigens has contracted seedhheads and M. longiligula hairy florets.
Grass Type: Perennial bunchgrass Rhizomes: N Stolons: N
Large Dense Clump (> 2 feet): Y Bushy (highly branched): N
Height with Seedheads: Greater than 36 inches
Seedhead Structure: Branched - contracted Seedhead Droops: N
Flowering Period: Jun - Nov
Number of Flowers per Spikelet: One-flowered Spikelets One-sided: N
Awns: 1/4 inch to 1 inch Three Awns: N Awns Bent: N
Flower and Seedhead Notes: Seedhead usually dense and contracted, erect or nodding, branches rather long but never wide-spreading, naked towards the base. Glumes awnless, lemmas hairy at the base and usually with an awn of less than 1/16 inch.
Blade Hairy: N Blade with White Margin: N Blade Cross Section: Flat or folded
Blade Notes: Blades 1/16 to 1/4 inch wide, 8 to 20 inches long, flat or folded, roughened with stout projections below, smooth or slightly rough above.
Sheath Hairy: N Tuft of Hairs Top of Sheath or Collar: N Ligules: Membranous
Auricles (Ear-like lobes at base of blades): N
Vegetative Notes: Sheaths shorter or longer than the internodes, smooth or clothed with soft hairs or down, basal sheaths laterally compressed, usually keeled; ligules 1/2 to 1 inch, membranous throughout, pointed, torn or irregularly cleft.
Forage Value: Poor due to coarseness.
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