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Muhlenbergia Montana
''Muhlenbergia montana'', the mountain muhly, is a species of Poaceae, grass. It is native to North and Central America, where it is found throughout the Western United States, the Sierra Nevada (U.S.), Sierra Nevada, Mexico, and Guatemala. It can be found in several types of habitat, including grassland, rocky outcrops, mountains, and open areas. Description ''Muhlenbergia montana'' is a perennial bunchgrass forming tufts of stems 10 to 40 centimeters tall. The inflorescence is an open array of spreading or upright branches bearing small, Awn (botany), awned spikelets. Etymology The Latin Botanical name#Binary name, specific epithet ''montana'' refers to mountains or coming from mountains.Archibald William Smith References External linksJepson Manual Treatment - ''Muhlenbergia montana'' [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas Nuttall
Thomas Nuttall (5 January 1786 – 10 September 1859) was an England, English botany, botanist and zoologist who lived and worked in America from 1808 until 1841. Nuttall was born in the village of Long Preston, near Settle, North Yorkshire, Settle in the West Riding of Yorkshire and spent some years as an apprentice printer in England. Soon after going to the United States he met professor Benjamin Smith Barton in Philadelphia. Barton encouraged his strong interest in natural history. Early explorations in the United States In 1810 he travelled to the Great Lakes and in 1811 travelled on the Astor Expedition led by William Price Hunt on behalf of John Jacob Astor up the Missouri River. Nuttall was accompanied by the English botanist John Bradbury (naturalist), John Bradbury, who was collecting plants on behalf of Liverpool botanical gardens. Nuttall and Bradbury left the party at the trading post with the Arikara Indians in South Dakota, and continued farther upriver with Rams ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |