''Muhlenbergia'' is a genus of plants in the

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. The genus is named in honor of the German-American amateur botanist Gotthilf Heinrich Ernst Muhlenberg (1753-1815). Many of the species are known by the common name muhly. The greatest number are native to the

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and Mexico, but there are also native species in Canada,

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and South America and in Asia.

Species

Species in the genus include: * '' Muhlenbergia aguascalientensis'' Y.Herrera & De la Cerda - Aguascalientes * '' Muhlenbergia alamosae'' Vasey - Aguascalientes, Chihuahua, Sonora, Sinaloa, Durango, Baja California, Baja California Sur, Guanajuato, Jalisco, Mexico State, Morelos, Zacatecas * ''

Muhlenbergia andina ''Muhlenbergia andina'', known by the common name foxtail muhly, is a species of grass. Distribution It is native to western North America from British Columbia to California to Texas. It grows in moist habitat such as meadows, marshes, and ri ...

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– Foxtail muhly - western Canada, western United States * '' Muhlenbergia angustata'' (J.Presl) Kunth - South America * '' Muhlenbergia annua'' (Vasey) Swallen - Chihuahua, Sonora, Chiapas, Durango * '' Muhlenbergia appressa'' C.O.Goodd. – Devil's Canyon muhly - United States ( California Arizona), Baja California, Baja California Sur * '' Muhlenbergia arenacea'' (Buckley) Hitchc. - United States ( Colorado New Mexico Texas Arizona), Chihuahua, Sonora, Coahuila, San Luis Potosí, Zacatecas * '' Muhlenbergia arenicola'' Buckley - United States ( Arizona New Mexico Texas

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Kansas Colorado), Mexico, Argentina * '' Muhlenbergia argentea'' Vasey - Mexico * '' Muhlenbergia arizonica'' Scribn. United States ( New Mexico Arizona), Mexico * '' Muhlenbergia arsenei'' Hitchc. - United States ( California Nevada Utah Arizona New Mexico), Mexico * ''

Muhlenbergia articulata ''Muhlenbergia'' is a genus of plants in the grass family. The genus is named in honor of the German-American amateur botanist Gotthilf Heinrich Ernst Muhlenberg (1753-1815). Many of the species are known by the common name muhly. The greatest ...

'' Scribn. - Mexico * ''

Muhlenbergia asperifolia ''Muhlenbergia asperifolia'' is a species of grass known as alkali muhly and scratchgrass. It is native to much of North America, including most of southern Canada, most of the continental United States except for the southeastern region, and par ...

'' ( Nees & Meyen ex Trin.) Parodi – Scratchgrass - from Canada to Chile * ''

Muhlenbergia atacamensis ''Muhlenbergia'' is a genus of plants in the grass family. The genus is named in honor of the German-American amateur botanist Gotthilf Heinrich Ernst Muhlenberg (1753-1815). Many of the species are known by the common name muhly. The greatest ...

'' Parodi - Argentina, Bolivia * ''

Muhlenbergia aurea ''Muhlenbergia'' is a genus of plants in the grass family. The genus is named in honor of the German-American amateur botanist Gotthilf Heinrich Ernst Muhlenberg (1753-1815). Many of the species are known by the common name muhly. The greatest ...

'' Swallen - Guatemala * '' Muhlenbergia biloba'' Hitchc. - Mexico * ''

Muhlenbergia brandegeei ''Muhlenbergia'' is a genus of plants in the grass family. The genus is named in honor of the German-American amateur botanist Gotthilf Heinrich Ernst Muhlenberg (1753-1815). Many of the species are known by the common name muhly. The greatest ...

'' C.Reeder - Baja California * ''

Muhlenbergia breviaristata ''Muhlenbergia'' is a genus of plants in the grass family. The genus is named in honor of the German-American amateur botanist Gotthilf Heinrich Ernst Muhlenberg (1753-1815). Many of the species are known by the common name muhly. The greatest ...

'' (Hack.) Parodi - Argentina * '' Muhlenbergia breviculmis'' Swallen - Guatemala * ''

Muhlenbergia brevifolia ''Muhlenbergia'' is a genus of plants in the grass family. The genus is named in honor of the German-American amateur botanist Gotthilf Heinrich Ernst Muhlenberg (1753-1815). Many of the species are known by the common name muhly. The greatest ...

'' Scribn. ex Beal - Mexico * ''

Muhlenbergia breviligula ''Muhlenbergia'' is a genus of plants in the grass family. The genus is named in honor of the German-American amateur botanist Gotthilf Heinrich Ernst Muhlenberg (1753-1815). Many of the species are known by the common name muhly. The greatest ...

'' Hitchc. - southern Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua * ''

Muhlenbergia brevis ''Muhlenbergia'' is a genus of plants in the grass family. The genus is named in honor of the German-American amateur botanist Gotthilf Heinrich Ernst Muhlenberg (1753-1815). Many of the species are known by the common name muhly. The greatest ...

'' Goodd. - United States ( Arizona New Mexico Texas Colorado), Mexico * '' Muhlenbergia breviseta'' E.Fourn. - Mexico * '' Muhlenbergia brevivaginata'' Swallen - Mexico * ''

Muhlenbergia bushii ''Muhlenbergia'' is a genus of plants in the grass family. The genus is named in honor of the German-American amateur botanist Gotthilf Heinrich Ernst Muhlenberg (1753-1815). Many of the species are known by the common name muhly. The greatest ...

'' R.W.Pohl - central + eastern United States * '' Muhlenbergia californica'' Vasey – California muhly - California (San Bernardino, Riverside, + Los Angeles Counties) * ''

Muhlenbergia capillaris ''Muhlenbergia capillaris'', commonly known as the hairawn muhly, is a perennial sedge-like plant that grows to be about tall and wide. The plant includes a double layer; green, leaf-like structures surround the understory, and purple-pink flo ...

'' – Hairawn muhly - United States (from Texas to Massachusetts; Mexico, Guatemala, Bahamas, Cuba, Puerto Rico * ''

Muhlenbergia capillipes ''Muhlenbergia'' is a genus of plants in the grass family. The genus is named in honor of the German-American amateur botanist Gotthilf Heinrich Ernst Muhlenberg (1753-1815). Many of the species are known by the common name muhly. The greatest ...

'' (M.E.Jones) P.M.Peterson & Annable - northeastern Mexico * ''

Muhlenbergia caxamarcensis ''Muhlenbergia'' is a genus of plants in the grass family. The genus is named in honor of the German-American amateur botanist Gotthilf Heinrich Ernst Muhlenberg (1753-1815). Many of the species are known by the common name muhly. The greatest ...

'' Laegaard & Sánchez Vega - Peru * ''

Muhlenbergia ciliata ''Muhlenbergia'' is a genus of plants in the grass family. The genus is named in honor of the German-American amateur botanist Gotthilf Heinrich Ernst Muhlenberg (1753-1815). Many of the species are known by the common name muhly. The greatest ...

'' (Kunth) Kunth - from central Mexico to northwestern Argentina * '' Muhlenbergia crispiseta'' Hitchc. - western Texas, northern Mexico * ''

Muhlenbergia cualensis ''Muhlenbergia'' is a genus of plants in the grass family. The genus is named in honor of the German-American amateur botanist Gotthilf Heinrich Ernst Muhlenberg (1753-1815). Many of the species are known by the common name muhly. The greatest ...

'' Y.Herrera & P.M.Peterson - southern Mexico * ''

Muhlenbergia curtifolia ''Muhlenbergia'' is a genus of plants in the grass family. The genus is named in honor of the German-American amateur botanist Gotthilf Heinrich Ernst Muhlenberg (1753-1815). Many of the species are known by the common name muhly. The greatest ...

'' Scribn. - Arizona Nevada Utah Wyoming * ''

Muhlenbergia curtisetosa ''Muhlenbergia'' is a genus of plants in the grass family. The genus is named in honor of the German-American amateur botanist Gotthilf Heinrich Ernst Muhlenberg (1753-1815). Many of the species are known by the common name muhly. The greatest ...

'' (Scribn.) Bush - from Ontario to Texas * '' Muhlenbergia curviaristata'' (Ohwi) Ohwi - Japan, Manchuria, Kuril Islands * ''

Muhlenbergia cuspidata ''Muhlenbergia cuspidata'' is a species of Poaceae, grass known by the common name plains muhly. It is native to North America where it is distributed across central Canada and the central United States. This perennial grass grows in clumps. It ...

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) Rydb. – Plains muhly - from Alberta to Virginia * ''

Muhlenbergia decumbens ''Muhlenbergia'' is a genus of plants in the grass family. The genus is named in honor of the German-American amateur botanist Gotthilf Heinrich Ernst Muhlenberg (1753-1815). Many of the species are known by the common name muhly. The greatest ...

'' Swallen - central Mexico * ''

Muhlenbergia depauperata ''Muhlenbergia'' is a genus of plants in the grass family. The genus is named in honor of the German-American amateur botanist Gotthilf Heinrich Ernst Muhlenberg (1753-1815). Many of the species are known by the common name muhly. The greatest ...

'' Scribn. - United States ( Arizona New Mexico Colorado Utah Texas), northeastern Mexico * ''

Muhlenbergia distichophylla ''Muhlenbergia'' is a genus of plants in the grass family. The genus is named in honor of the German-American amateur botanist Gotthilf Heinrich Ernst Muhlenberg (1753-1815). Many of the species are known by the common name muhly. The greatest ...

'' (J.Presl) Kunth - Mexico, Guatemala * ''

Muhlenbergia diversiglumis ''Muhlenbergia'' is a genus of plants in the grass family. The genus is named in honor of the German-American amateur botanist Gotthilf Heinrich Ernst Muhlenberg (1753-1815). Many of the species are known by the common name muhly. The greatest ...

'' Trin. - from northern Mexico to Peru * '' Muhlenbergia dubia'' E.Fourn. - Arizona New Mexico Texas, Mexico * ''

Muhlenbergia dumosa ''Muhlenbergia dumosa'', commonly known as the bamboo muhly, is a species of grass native to Arizona and California California is a U.S. state, state in the Western United States, located along the West Coast of the United States, Pacifi ...

'' – Bamboo muhly - Mexico, Arizona * ''

Muhlenbergia durangensis ''Muhlenbergia'' is a genus of plants in the grass family. The genus is named in honor of the German-American amateur botanist Gotthilf Heinrich Ernst Muhlenberg (1753-1815). Many of the species are known by the common name muhly. The greatest ...

'' Y.Herrera - Durango * ''

Muhlenbergia duthieana ''Muhlenbergia'' is a genus of plants in the grass family. The genus is named in honor of the German-American amateur botanist Gotthilf Heinrich Ernst Muhlenberg (1753-1815). Many of the species are known by the common name muhly. The greatest ...

'' Hack. - Pakistan, Nepal, Kashmir, Himanchal Pradesh, Uttaranchal * ''

Muhlenbergia elongata ''Muhlenbergia'' is a genus of plants in the grass family. The genus is named in honor of the German-American amateur botanist Gotthilf Heinrich Ernst Muhlenberg (1753-1815). Many of the species are known by the common name muhly. The greatest ...

'' Scribn. ex Beal - Arizona (

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+ Santa Cruz Counties), northern Mexico * ''

Muhlenbergia eludens ''Muhlenbergia'' is a genus of plants in the grass family. The genus is named in honor of the German-American amateur botanist Gotthilf Heinrich Ernst Muhlenberg (1753-1815). Many of the species are known by the common name muhly. The greatest ...

'' C.Reeder - United States ( Arizona New Mexico Texas), northern Mexico * '' Muhlenbergia emersleyi'' Vasey – Bullgrass - United States ( Arizona Nevada New Mexico Texas North Carolina), Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras * ''

Muhlenbergia eriophylla ''Muhlenbergia'' is a genus of plants in the grass family. The genus is named in honor of the German-American amateur botanist Gotthilf Heinrich Ernst Muhlenberg (1753-1815). Many of the species are known by the common name muhly. The greatest ...

'' Swallen - Mexico * ''

Muhlenbergia expansa ''Muhlenbergia'' is a genus of plants in the grass family. The genus is named in honor of the German-American amateur botanist Gotthilf Heinrich Ernst Muhlenberg (1753-1815). Many of the species are known by the common name muhly. The greatest ...

'' – Cutover muhly - United States ( Texas

Louisiana Mississippi Alabama Georgia Florida South Carolina North Carolina Virginia Massachusetts) * '' Muhlenbergia fastigiata'' (J.Presl) Henrard - Bolivia, Peru, Colombia, Chile, Argentina * '' Muhlenbergia filiculmis'' Vasey - United States ( Arizona New Mexico Utah Colorado Wyoming North Dakota) * ''

Muhlenbergia filiformis ''Muhlenbergia filiformis'', known by the common name Pullup muhly, is a species of grass. It is native to western North America from western Canada to northern Mexico. Pullup muhly grows in many types of moist to wet habitats. Description ''M ...

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) Rydb. – Pullup muhly - western United States, British Columbia, Sonora, Baja California * ''

Muhlenbergia flabellata ''Muhlenbergia'' is a genus of plants in the grass family. The genus is named in honor of the German-American amateur botanist Gotthilf Heinrich Ernst Muhlenberg (1753-1815). Many of the species are known by the common name muhly. The greatest ...

'' Mez - Costa Rica, Panamá * '' Muhlenbergia flavida'' Vasey - Mexico * ''

Muhlenbergia flaviseta ''Muhlenbergia'' is a genus of plants in the grass family. The genus is named in honor of the German-American amateur botanist Gotthilf Heinrich Ernst Muhlenberg (1753-1815). Many of the species are known by the common name muhly. The greatest ...

'' Scribn. - Mexico * ''

Muhlenbergia flexuosa ''Muhlenbergia'' is a genus of plants in the grass family. The genus is named in honor of the German-American amateur botanist Gotthilf Heinrich Ernst Muhlenberg (1753-1815). Many of the species are known by the common name muhly. The greatest ...

'' Hitchc. - Peru * ''

Muhlenbergia fragilis ''Muhlenbergia'' is a genus of plants in the grass family. The genus is named in honor of the German-American amateur botanist Gotthilf Heinrich Ernst Muhlenberg (1753-1815). Many of the species are known by the common name muhly. The greatest ...

'' Swallen - Mexico, United States ( California Nevada Utah Arizona New Mexico Texas) * ''

Muhlenbergia frondosa ''Muhlenbergia frondosa'' is a species of plants in the genus ''Muhlenbergia'' and a member of the grass family. Its common name is ''common satin grass'' or ''wirestem muhly''. It is informally grouped with other satin grasses, which are other s ...

'' (Poir.) Fernald - eastern + central United States + Canada * ''

Muhlenbergia gigantea ''Muhlenbergia'' is a genus of plants in the grass family. The genus is named in honor of the German-American amateur botanist Gotthilf Heinrich Ernst Muhlenberg (1753-1815). Many of the species are known by the common name muhly. The greatest ...

'' (E.Fourn.) Hitchc. - Mexico * '' Muhlenbergia glabriflora'' Scribn. - south-central United States * ''

Muhlenbergia glauca ''Muhlenbergia'' is a genus of plants in the grass family. The genus is named in honor of the German-American amateur botanist Gotthilf Heinrich Ernst Muhlenberg (1753-1815). Many of the species are known by the common name muhly. The greatest ...

'' (Nees) Mez - Mexico, United States ( California Arizona New Mexico Texas) * '' Muhlenbergia glomerata'' (Willd.) Trin. – Marsh muhly, spiked muhly - northern United States, Canada including Yukon + NWT * ''

Muhlenbergia grandis ''Muhlenbergia'' is a genus of plants in the grass family. The genus is named in honor of the German-American amateur botanist Gotthilf Heinrich Ernst Muhlenberg (1753-1815). Many of the species are known by the common name muhly. The greatest ...

'' Vasey - Mexico * '' Muhlenbergia gypsophila'' C.Reeder & Reeder - Mexico * ''

Muhlenbergia hakonensis ''Muhlenbergia'' is a genus of plants in the grass family. The genus is named in honor of the German-American amateur botanist Gotthilf Heinrich Ernst Muhlenberg (1753-1815). Many of the species are known by the common name muhly. The greatest ...

'' (Hack.) Makino - China (Sichuan, Anhui), Korea, Japan * '' Muhlenbergia himalayensis'' Hack. ex Hook.f. - Afghanistan, northern Pakistan, Tajikistan, northern + eastern India, Tibet, Nepal, Bhutan, Sichuan, Yunnan * '' Muhlenbergia hintonii'' Swallen - Mexico * ''

Muhlenbergia huegelii ''Muhlenbergia'' is a genus of plants in the grass family. The genus is named in honor of the German-American amateur botanist Gotthilf Heinrich Ernst Muhlenberg (1753-1815). Many of the species are known by the common name muhly. The greatest ...

'' Trin. - widespread from Afghanistan to Primorye to New Guinea, including India + China * '' Muhlenbergia implicata'' (Kunth) Trin. - Mesoamerica, Colombia, Venezuela * ''

Muhlenbergia inaequalis ''Muhlenbergia'' is a genus of plants in the grass family. The genus is named in honor of the German-American amateur botanist Gotthilf Heinrich Ernst Muhlenberg (1753-1815). Many of the species are known by the common name muhly. The greatest ...

'' Soderstr. - Colombia, Venezuela * ''

Muhlenbergia involuta ''Muhlenbergia'' is a genus of plants in the grass family. The genus is named in honor of the German-American amateur botanist Gotthilf Heinrich Ernst Muhlenberg (1753-1815). Many of the species are known by the common name muhly. The greatest ...

'' Swallen - Texas * ''

Muhlenbergia iridifolia ''Muhlenbergia'' is a genus of plants in the grass family. The genus is named in honor of the German-American amateur botanist Gotthilf Heinrich Ernst Muhlenberg (1753-1815). Many of the species are known by the common name muhly. The greatest ...

'' Soderstr. - Mexico * '' Muhlenbergia jaime-hintonii'' P.M.Peterson & Valdés-Reyna - Mexico * '' Muhlenbergia jaliscana'' Swallen - Mexico * '' Muhlenbergia japonica'' Steud. - China, Japan, Korea, Primorye, Khabarovsk * ''

Muhlenbergia jonesii ''Muhlenbergia'' is a genus of plants in the grass family. The genus is named in honor of the German-American amateur botanist Gotthilf Heinrich Ernst Muhlenberg (1753-1815). Many of the species are known by the common name muhly. The greatest ...

'' (Vasey) Hitchc. - northeastern California * ''

Muhlenbergia laxa ''Muhlenbergia'' is a genus of plants in the grass family. The genus is named in honor of the German-American amateur botanist Gotthilf Heinrich Ernst Muhlenberg (1753-1815). Many of the species are known by the common name muhly. The greatest ...

'' Hitchc. - Veracruz * ''

Muhlenbergia lehmanniana ''Muhlenbergia'' is a genus of plants in the grass family. The genus is named in honor of the German-American amateur botanist Gotthilf Heinrich Ernst Muhlenberg (1753-1815). Many of the species are known by the common name muhly. The greatest ...

'' Henrard - Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia, Venezuela. Ecuador * ''

Muhlenbergia ligularis ''Muhlenbergia'' is a genus of plants in the grass family. The genus is named in honor of the German-American amateur botanist Gotthilf Heinrich Ernst Muhlenberg (1753-1815). Many of the species are known by the common name muhly. The greatest ...

'' (Hack.) Hitchc. - from Costa Rica to Argentina * ''

Muhlenbergia ligulata ''Muhlenbergia'' is a genus of plants in the grass family. The genus is named in honor of the German-American amateur botanist Gotthilf Heinrich Ernst Muhlenberg (1753-1815). Many of the species are known by the common name muhly. The greatest ...

'' (E.Fourn.) Scribn. & Merr. - Mexico * ''

Muhlenbergia lindheimeri ''Muhlenbergia lindheimeri'' is a species of bunch grass, 3-6' H, known by the common names big muhly, blue muhly, and Lindheimer's muhly. It is native to North America, where it can be found in northern Mexico and up to the Edwards Plateau reg ...

'' Hitchc. – Lindheimer muhly, big muhly - Texas, Coahuila * ''

Muhlenbergia longiglumis ''Muhlenbergia'' is a genus of plants in the grass family. The genus is named in honor of the German-American amateur botanist Gotthilf Heinrich Ernst Muhlenberg (1753-1815). Many of the species are known by the common name muhly. The greatest ...

'' Vasey - Mexico * ''

Muhlenbergia longiligula ''Muhlenbergia'' is a genus of plants in the grass family. The genus is named in honor of the German-American amateur botanist Gotthilf Heinrich Ernst Muhlenberg (1753-1815). Many of the species are known by the common name muhly. The greatest ...

'' Hitchc. - Mexico, United States ( Arizona New Mexico Texas Nevada) * ''

Muhlenbergia lucida ''Muhlenbergia'' is a genus of plants in the grass family. The genus is named in honor of the German-American amateur botanist Gotthilf Heinrich Ernst Muhlenberg (1753-1815). Many of the species are known by the common name muhly. The greatest ...

'' Swallen - Mexico * ''

Muhlenbergia macroura ''Muhlenbergia'' is a genus of plants in the grass family. The genus is named in honor of the German-American amateur botanist Gotthilf Heinrich Ernst Muhlenberg (1753-1815). Many of the species are known by the common name muhly. The greatest ...

'' (Humb., Bonpl. & Kunth) Hitchc. - Mexico, Guatemala * '' Muhlenbergia majalcensis'' P.M.Peterson - Mexico * ''

Muhlenbergia maxima ''Muhlenbergia'' is a genus of plants in the grass family. The genus is named in honor of the German-American amateur botanist Gotthilf Heinrich Ernst Muhlenberg (1753-1815). Many of the species are known by the common name muhly. The greatest ...

'' Laegaard & Sánchez Vega - Peru * '' Muhlenbergia mexicana'' ( L.) Trin. – Mexican muhly - United States, Canada incl. Yukon * ''

Muhlenbergia michisensis ''Muhlenbergia'' is a genus of plants in the grass family. The genus is named in honor of the German-American amateur botanist Gotthilf Heinrich Ernst Muhlenberg (1753-1815). Many of the species are known by the common name muhly. The greatest ...

'' Y.Herrera & P.M.Peterson - Mexico * ''

Muhlenbergia microsperma ''Muhlenbergia microsperma'' is a species of grass known by the common name littleseed muhly. It is native to the Americas from the Southwestern United States and California through Central America into Peru and Venezuela. It can be found in man ...

'' (District of Columbia.) Kunth – Littleseed muhly - United States ( California Arizona Nevada Utah), Mexico, Guatemala, Colombia, Venezuela, Ecuador, Peru, Galápagos, Bolivia * '' Muhlenbergia minutissima'' (Steud.) Swallen – Annual muhly - United States ( Washington Oregon California Idaho Montana Wyoming Nebraska South Dakota Utah Nevada Arizona New Mexico Texas), Mexico, Guatemala * ''

Muhlenbergia monandra ''Muhlenbergia'' is a genus of plants in the grass family. The genus is named in honor of the German-American amateur botanist Gotthilf Heinrich Ernst Muhlenberg (1753-1815). Many of the species are known by the common name muhly. The greatest ...

'' Alegría & Rúgolo - Peru * ''

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 c ...

'' (Nutt.) Hitchc. – Mountain muhly - United States ( Montana Wyoming Colorado Utah Nevada Arizona California New Mexico Texas), Mexico * ''

Muhlenbergia mucronata ''Muhlenbergia'' is a genus of plants in the grass family. The genus is named in honor of the German-American amateur botanist Gotthilf Heinrich Ernst Muhlenberg (1753-1815). Many of the species are known by the common name muhly. The greatest ...

'' (Kunth) Trin. - Mexico * '' Muhlenbergia multiflora'' Columbus - western United States * ''

Muhlenbergia mutica ''Muhlenbergia'' is a genus of plants in the grass family. The genus is named in honor of the German-American amateur botanist Gotthilf Heinrich Ernst Muhlenberg (1753-1815). Many of the species are known by the common name muhly. The greatest ...

'' (E.Fourn.) Hitchc. - Mexico * ''

Muhlenbergia nigra ''Muhlenbergia'' is a genus of plants in the grass family. The genus is named in honor of the German-American amateur botanist Gotthilf Heinrich Ernst Muhlenberg (1753-1815). Many of the species are known by the common name muhly. The greatest ...

'' Hitchc. - Mexico, Costa Rica, Guatemala * ''

Muhlenbergia orophila ''Muhlenbergia orophila'' is a grass species native to Guatemala and to Mexico as far north as the Distrito Federal. The type specimen was collected from an alpine meadow at an elevation of approximately 3750 m (12,500 feet) near the Summit of S ...

'' Swallen - Mexico, Guatemala * ''

Muhlenbergia palmeri ''Muhlenbergia'' is a genus of plants in the grass family. The genus is named in honor of the German-American amateur botanist Gotthilf Heinrich Ernst Muhlenberg (1753-1815). Many of the species are known by the common name muhly. The greatest ...

'' Vasey - Mexico, southern Arizona * '' Muhlenbergia palmirensis'' Grignon & Lægaard - Ecuador * ''

Muhlenbergia paniculata ''Muhlenbergia'' is a genus of plants in the grass family. The genus is named in honor of the German-American amateur botanist Gotthilf Heinrich Ernst Muhlenberg (1753-1815). Many of the species are known by the common name muhly. The greatest ...

'' (Nutt.) P.M.Peterson - central Canada, central + western United States, northeastern Mexico, northern Argentina * ''

Muhlenbergia pauciflora ''Muhlenbergia'' is a genus of plants in the grass family. The genus is named in honor of the German-American amateur botanist Gotthilf Heinrich Ernst Muhlenberg (1753-1815). Many of the species are known by the common name muhly. The greatest ...

'' Buckley - United States ( Colorado Utah Texas New Mexico Arizona California), Mexico * ''

Muhlenbergia pectinata ''Muhlenbergia'' is a genus of plants in the grass family. The genus is named in honor of the German-American amateur botanist Gotthilf Heinrich Ernst Muhlenberg (1753-1815). Many of the species are known by the common name muhly. The greatest ...

'' Goodd. - Mexico, southern Arizona * ''

Muhlenbergia peruviana ''Muhlenbergia'' is a genus of plants in the grass family. The genus is named in honor of the German-American amateur botanist Gotthilf Heinrich Ernst Muhlenberg (1753-1815). Many of the species are known by the common name muhly. The greatest ...

'' – Peruvian muhly - United States ( Arizona New Mexico), Mesoamerica, western South America, Galápagos * '' Muhlenbergia pilosa'' P.M.Peterson, Wipff & S.D.Jones - México State, Guerrero * ''

Muhlenbergia plumbea ''Muhlenbergia'' is a genus of plants in the grass family. The genus is named in honor of the German-American amateur botanist Gotthilf Heinrich Ernst Muhlenberg (1753-1815). Many of the species are known by the common name muhly. The greatest ...

'' (Trin.) Hitchc. - Mexico, Guatemala * ''

Muhlenbergia polycaulis ''Muhlenbergia'' is a genus of plants in the grass family. The genus is named in honor of the German-American amateur botanist Gotthilf Heinrich Ernst Muhlenberg (1753-1815). Many of the species are known by the common name muhly. The greatest ...

'' Scribn. - United States ( Utah Texas New Mexico Arizona), Mexico * ''

Muhlenbergia porteri ''Muhlenbergia porteri'' is a species of grass known by the common names bush muhly and Porter's muhly. Distribution The bunchgrass is native to North America, where it can be found throughout the south-western United States, from the southern G ...

'' Scribn. ex Beal – Bush muhly - United States ( Colorado

Utah Nevada Texas New Mexico Arizona California), Mexico * '' Muhlenbergia pubescens'' (Humb., Bonpl. & Kunth) Hitchc. - Mexico * ''

Muhlenbergia pubigluma ''Muhlenbergia'' is a genus of plants in the grass family. The genus is named in honor of the German-American amateur botanist Gotthilf Heinrich Ernst Muhlenberg (1753-1815). Many of the species are known by the common name muhly. The greatest ...

'' Swallen - Mexico * ''

Muhlenbergia pungens ''Muhlenbergia pungens'', the sandhill muhly or wickiup grass, is a variety of muhly grass which is found in the arid regions of western North America. It is named after the botanist Gotthilf Heinrich Ernst Muhlenberg. It spreads by forming la ...

'' Thurb. – Sandhill muhly - United States ( Nebraska South Dakota Colorado Wyoming Arizona Utah New Mexico Texas) * ''

Muhlenbergia purpusii ''Muhlenbergia'' is a genus of plants in the grass family. The genus is named in honor of the German-American amateur botanist Gotthilf Heinrich Ernst Muhlenberg (1753-1815). Many of the species are known by the common name muhly. The greatest ...

'' Mez - Mexico * ''

Muhlenbergia quadridentata ''Muhlenbergia'' is a genus of plants in the grass family. The genus is named in honor of the German-American amateur botanist Gotthilf Heinrich Ernst Muhlenberg (1753-1815). Many of the species are known by the common name muhly. The greatest ...

'' (Kunth) Trin. - Mexico, Guatemala * '' Muhlenbergia racemosa'' (Michx.) Britton, Sterns & Poggenb. – Green muhly, marsh muhly * ''

Muhlenbergia ramosa ''Muhlenbergia'' is a genus of plants in the grass family. The genus is named in honor of the German-American amateur botanist Gotthilf Heinrich Ernst Muhlenberg (1753-1815). Many of the species are known by the common name muhly. The greatest ...

'' (Hack.) Makino - Canada, United States, northern Mexico * ''

Muhlenbergia ramulosa ''Muhlenbergia'' is a genus of plants in the grass family. The genus is named in honor of the German-American amateur botanist Gotthilf Heinrich Ernst Muhlenberg (1753-1815). Many of the species are known by the common name muhly. The greatest ...

'' (Humb., Bonpl. & Kunth) Swallen - United States ( Arizona New Mexico Colorado), Mesoamerica, Argentina * '' Muhlenbergia reederorum'' Soderstr. - Mexico * ''

Muhlenbergia repens ''Muhlenbergia'' is a genus of plants in the grass family. The genus is named in honor of the German-American amateur botanist Gotthilf Heinrich Ernst Muhlenberg (1753-1815). Many of the species are known by the common name muhly. The greatest ...

'' (J.Presl) Hitchc. - Mexico, United States ( Arizona New Mexico Texas Colorado

Utah) * ''

Muhlenbergia reverchonii ''Muhlenbergia reverchonii'' is a species of grass known by the common name seep muhly. It is native to Oklahoma and Texas in the United States.Texas

) * '' Muhlenbergia richardsonis'' – Mat muhly - Canada (incl Yukon + NWT), United States ( Alaska plus northern + western states), northern + central Mexico * '' Muhlenbergia rigens'' – Deergrass - Mexico, United States ( California Nevada Arizona New Mexico Texas) * ''

Muhlenbergia rigida ''Muhlenbergia'' is a genus of plants in the grass family. The genus is named in honor of the German-American amateur botanist Gotthilf Heinrich Ernst Muhlenberg (1753-1815). Many of the species are known by the common name muhly. The greatest ...

'' (Kunth) Kunth - United States ( Arizona New Mexico Texas), Mexico, South America (Colombia to Argentina) * '' Muhlenbergia robusta'' (E.Fourn.) Hitchc. - Mexico, Central America * '' Muhlenbergia schmitzii'' Hack. - Mexico * '' Muhlenbergia schreberi'' – Nimblewill - eastern + central United States, Ontario, Mexico, Uruguay, southern Brazil, northern Argentina * '' Muhlenbergia scoparia'' Vasey - Mexico * ''

Muhlenbergia seatonii ''Muhlenbergia'' is a genus of plants in the grass family. The genus is named in honor of the German-American amateur botanist Gotthilf Heinrich Ernst Muhlenberg (1753-1815). Many of the species are known by the common name muhly. The greatest ...

'' Scribn. ex Seaton - Mexico * ''

Muhlenbergia sericea ''Muhlenbergia sericea'', synonym ''Muhlenbergia filipes'', known as gulf hairawn muhly or sweet grass, is a species of grass in the family Poaceae. It is native to the Southeastern United States (Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississip ...

'' (Michx.) P.M.Peterson United States ( Texas Alabama Florida Georgia Louisiana Mississippi North Carolina South Carolina) * ''

Muhlenbergia setarioides ''Muhlenbergia'' is a genus of plants in the grass family. The genus is named in honor of the German-American amateur botanist Gotthilf Heinrich Ernst Muhlenberg (1753-1815). Many of the species are known by the common name muhly. The greatest ...

'' E.Fourn. - Mexico, Central America * ''

Muhlenbergia setifolia ''Muhlenbergia'' is a genus of plants in the grass family. The genus is named in honor of the German-American amateur botanist Gotthilf Heinrich Ernst Muhlenberg (1753-1815). Many of the species are known by the common name muhly. The greatest ...

'' Vasey - United States ( Arizona New Mexico Texas), Mexico * ''

Muhlenbergia sinuosa ''Muhlenbergia'' is a genus of plants in the grass family. The genus is named in honor of the German-American amateur botanist Gotthilf Heinrich Ernst Muhlenberg (1753-1815). Many of the species are known by the common name muhly. The greatest ...

'' Swallen - United States ( Arizona New Mexico), Mexico * '' Muhlenbergia sobolifera'' (Muhl.) Trin. - eastern + central United States, Ontario * ''

Muhlenbergia spatha ''Muhlenbergia'' is a genus of plants in the grass family. The genus is named in honor of the German-American amateur botanist Gotthilf Heinrich Ernst Muhlenberg (1753-1815). Many of the species are known by the common name muhly. The greatest ...

'' Columbus - Mexico * ''

Muhlenbergia speciosa ''Muhlenbergia'' is a genus of plants in the grass family. The genus is named in honor of the German-American amateur botanist Gotthilf Heinrich Ernst Muhlenberg (1753-1815). Many of the species are known by the common name muhly. The greatest ...

'' Vasey - Mexico * '' Muhlenbergia spiciformis'' Trin. - Mexico, Cuba, United States ( New Mexico Texas) * ''

Muhlenbergia straminea ''Muhlenbergia'' is a genus of plants in the grass family. The genus is named in honor of the German-American amateur botanist Gotthilf Heinrich Ernst Muhlenberg (1753-1815). Many of the species are known by the common name muhly. The greatest ...

'' Hitchc. - Mexico, United States ( New Mexico Arizona Texas) * '' Muhlenbergia stricta'' (J.Presl) Kunth - Mexico * ''

Muhlenbergia strictior ''Muhlenbergia'' is a genus of plants in the grass family. The genus is named in honor of the German-American amateur botanist Gotthilf Heinrich Ernst Muhlenberg (1753-1815). Many of the species are known by the common name muhly. The greatest ...

'' Beal - Mexico * ''

Muhlenbergia subaristata ''Muhlenbergia'' is a genus of plants in the grass family. The genus is named in honor of the German-American amateur botanist Gotthilf Heinrich Ernst Muhlenberg (1753-1815). Many of the species are known by the common name muhly. The greatest ...

'' Swallen - Mexico * ''

Muhlenbergia subbiflora ''Muhlenbergia'' is a genus of plants in the grass family. The genus is named in honor of the German-American amateur botanist Gotthilf Heinrich Ernst Muhlenberg (1753-1815). Many of the species are known by the common name muhly. The greatest ...

'' Hitchc. - Mexico * '' Muhlenbergia sylvatica'' – Woodland muhly - eastern + central United States, Quebec, Ontario * ''

Muhlenbergia tarahumara ''Muhlenbergia'' is a genus of plants in the grass family. The genus is named in honor of the German-American amateur botanist Gotthilf Heinrich Ernst Muhlenberg (1753-1815). Many of the species are known by the common name muhly. The greatest ...

'' P.M.Peterson & Columbus - Mexico * ''

Muhlenbergia tenella ''Muhlenbergia'' is a genus of plants in the grass family. The genus is named in honor of the German-American amateur botanist Gotthilf Heinrich Ernst Muhlenberg (1753-1815). Many of the species are known by the common name muhly. The greatest ...

'' (Kunth) Trin. - Mexico, Central America, Colombia, Argentina * '' Muhlenbergia tenuiflora'' (Willd.) Britton, Stern & Poggenb. - eastern + central United States, Quebec, Ontario * ''

Muhlenbergia tenuifolia ''Muhlenbergia'' is a genus of plants in the grass family. The genus is named in honor of the German-American amateur botanist Gotthilf Heinrich Ernst Muhlenberg (1753-1815). Many of the species are known by the common name muhly. The greatest ...

'' (Kunth) Kunth - United States ( Texas New Mexico Arizona Colorado), Mexico, Peru, Argentina * ''

Muhlenbergia tenuissima ''Muhlenbergia'' is a genus of plants in the grass family. The genus is named in honor of the German-American amateur botanist Gotthilf Heinrich Ernst Muhlenberg (1753-1815). Many of the species are known by the common name muhly. The greatest ...

'' (J.Presl) Kunth - Mexico, Central America * ''

Muhlenbergia texana ''Muhlenbergia'' is a genus of plants in the grass family. The genus is named in honor of the German-American amateur botanist Gotthilf Heinrich Ernst Muhlenberg (1753-1815). Many of the species are known by the common name muhly. The greatest ...

'' Buckley - Mexico, United States ( Arizona New Mexico Texas) * '' Muhlenbergia thurberi'' (Scribn.) Rydb. - Mexico, United States ( Texas New Mexico Arizona Colorado Utah Nevada) * ''

Muhlenbergia torreyana ''Muhlenbergia torreyana'' is a species of grass known by the common names New Jersey muhly, Torrey's muhly, and Torrey's dropseed. It is native to the eastern United States, where today it occurs in Maryland, New Jersey, North Carolina, and Tenn ...

'' (Schult.) Hitchc. – New Jersey muhly, Torrey's muhly, Torrey's dropseed - New Jersey

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Delaware Maryland North Carolina Tennessee Georgia * '' Muhlenbergia torreyi'' (Kunth) Hitchc. ex Bush - southwestern United States, Mexico, Argentina * ''

Muhlenbergia trifida ''Muhlenbergia'' is a genus of plants in the grass family. The genus is named in honor of the German-American amateur botanist Gotthilf Heinrich Ernst Muhlenberg (1753-1815). Many of the species are known by the common name muhly. The greatest ...

'' Hack. - Mexico, Guatemala * ''

Muhlenbergia uniflora ''Muhlenbergia uniflora'' is a small species of grass, commonly called one-flowered muhly. It is native to north eastern USA and adjoining area of Canada. Description ''Muhlenbergia uniflora'' is a small perennial grass that is non-rhizomatous ...

'' (Muhl.) Fernald - Canada, northeastern United States * ''

Muhlenbergia utilis ''Muhlenbergia utilis'' is a species of grass known by the common name aparejograss. Distribution It is native to North and Central America, where it can be found throughout the south-western United States and California, through Mexico, as far ...

'' (Torr.) Hitchc. – Aparejograss - Mexico, United States ( California Nevada Arizona New Mexico Texas) * ''

Muhlenbergia vaginata ''Muhlenbergia'' is a genus of plants in the grass family. The genus is named in honor of the German-American amateur botanist Gotthilf Heinrich Ernst Muhlenberg (1753-1815). Many of the species are known by the common name muhly. The greatest ...

'' Swallen - Mexico, Guatemala * ''

Muhlenbergia venezuelae ''Muhlenbergia'' is a genus of plants in the grass family. The genus is named in honor of the German-American amateur botanist Gotthilf Heinrich Ernst Muhlenberg (1753-1815). Many of the species are known by the common name muhly. The greatest ...

'' Luces - Mérida State in Venezuela * '' Muhlenbergia versicolor'' Swallen - Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras * ''

Muhlenbergia villiflora ''Muhlenbergia'' is a genus of plants in the grass family. The genus is named in honor of the German-American amateur botanist Gotthilf Heinrich Ernst Muhlenberg (1753-1815). Many of the species are known by the common name muhly. The greatest ...

'' Hitchc. - Mexico, United States ( New Mexico Texas) * ''

Muhlenbergia virescens ''Muhlenbergia'' is a genus of plants in the grass family. The genus is named in honor of the German-American amateur botanist Gotthilf Heinrich Ernst Muhlenberg (1753-1815). Many of the species are known by the common name muhly. The greatest ...

'' (Kunth) Kunth - Mexico * '' Muhlenbergia virletii'' (E.Fourn.) Soderstr. - Mexico * ''

Muhlenbergia watsoniana ''Muhlenbergia'' is a genus of plants in the grass family. The genus is named in honor of the German-American amateur botanist Gotthilf Heinrich Ernst Muhlenberg (1753-1815). Many of the species are known by the common name muhly. The greatest ...

'' Hitchc. - Mexico * ''

Muhlenbergia wrightii ''Muhlenbergia'' is a genus of plants in the grass family. The genus is named in honor of the German-American amateur botanist Gotthilf Heinrich Ernst Muhlenberg (1753-1815). Many of the species are known by the common name muhly. The greatest ...

'' Vasey ex J.M.Coult. - Mexico, United States ( Nevada Utah Colorado Arizona New Mexico Texas Texas Kansas) * ''

Muhlenbergia xanthodas ''Muhlenbergia'' is a genus of plants in the grass family. The genus is named in honor of the German-American amateur botanist Gotthilf Heinrich Ernst Muhlenberg (1753-1815). Many of the species are known by the common name muhly. The greatest ...

'' Soderstr. -

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Numerous species are now considered better suited to other genera, such as ''

Aegopogon ''Aegopogon'' is a genus of New World plants in the grass family. ; Species * '' Aegopogon bryophilus'' Döll - Colombia, Venezuela, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, Brazil (Minas Gerais, Rio de Janeiro), Argentina ( Tucumán, Salta, Jujuy) * '' Aegop ...

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Apera ''Apera'' is a small genus of annual grasses, known commonly as silkybent grass or windgrass. They are native to Europe, North Africa and parts of Asia but have been introduced and naturalized in much of North and South America. ; Species * '' ...

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Brachyelytrum ''Brachyelytrum'' is a genus of North American and East Asian plants in the grass family, classified in its own tribe Brachyelytreae. Molecular phylogenetic study has indicated that ''Brachyelytrum'' is the earliest diverging lineage in the ...

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Chaetopogon ''Chaetopogon'' is a genus of European plants in the Poaceae, grass family. ;Species The only known species is ''Chaetopogon fasciculatus'' native to Spain, Portugal, Italy, and Croatia. ;formerly included see ''Polypogon'' *''Chaetopogon cret ...

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Dichelachne ''Dichelachne'' is a genus of Australian, Indonesian, and Pacific Island plants in the grass family. They are known commonly as plumegrasses.Garnotia ''Garnotia'' is a genus of Asian, Australian, and tropical island plants in the grass family. Several of the species are native to Sri Lanka and southern India. ; Species ; formerly included see ''Arundinella Asthenochloa Panicum ''Pan ...

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Limnodea ''Limnodea'', with the common name Ozark grass, is a genus of North American plants in the grass family.): 142–143">">Nuttall, Thomas. 1835. Transactions of the American Philosophical Society, new series 5(6 /nowiki>): 142–143generic descri ...

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