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Poaceae
Muhlenbergia

not marked as a favorite taxon Muhlenbergia schreberi J.F. Gmelin. Common name: Nimble-Will. Phenology: Aug-Jan. Habitat: Bottomland and other moist forests, dry forests, fields, dirt roads, disturbed areas. Distribution: Maine, New York, Ontario, Michigan, Wisconsin, Minnesota, and South Dakota, south to c. peninsular Florida, Louisiana, c. Texas, and Mexico; s. South America.

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Subgenus: Muhlenbergia.

Origin/Endemic status: Native

Taxonomy Comments: Muhlenbergia curtisetosa (Lamson-Scribner) Bush appears to be a hybrid, M. frondosa × schreberi.

Synonymy ⓘ: = Ar, C, Can, ETx1, FlGr, FNA25, GW1, HC, Il, K1, K4, Mex, Mi, Mo1, NcTx, NE, NS, NY, Pa, POWO, RAB, S, Tat, Tn, Tx, Va, W, WH3, WV; = Muhlenbergia diffusa Willdenow — S13; > Muhlenbergia palustris Lamson-Scribner; > Muhlenbergia schreberi J.F. Gmelin var. palustris (Scribn.) Scribn. — F, G, Il; > Muhlenbergia schreberi J.F. Gmelin var. schreberi — F, G, Il. Basionym: Muhlenbergia schreberi J.F. Gmelin 1791

Links to other floras: = Muhlenbergia schreberi - FNA25

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Wetland Indicator Status:

  • Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain: FAC
  • Eastern Mountains and Piedmont: FAC
  • Great Plains: FACU
  • Midwest: FAC
  • Northcentral & Northeast: FAC

Heliophily ⓘ: 5

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image #1 of Muhlenbergia schreberi© Bruce A. Sorrie | Original Image ⭷
image #2 of Muhlenbergia schreberi© Gary P. Fleming | Original Image ⭷
image #3 of Muhlenbergia schreberi© Paul Marcum source | Original Image ⭷
image #4 of Muhlenbergia schreberi© Erik Danielson source | Original Image ⭷
image #5 of Muhlenbergia schreberi© Keith Bradley | Original Image ⭷
image #6 of Muhlenbergia schreberi© Radford, Ahles and Bell | Original Image ⭷

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native range: United States & eastern Canada