Muhlenbergia cuspidata (Torrey ex Hooker) Rydberg. Common name: Plains Muhly. Phenology: Jul-Oct. Habitat: Dolomite and limestone palisade cliffs, other dry rocky slopes. Distribution: MI, MN, MB, SK, and AB, south to nw. AR, OK, and NM; scattered eastward as disjuncts in TN, KY, OH, IN, PA, and VA. The VA occurrences are on dolomite and limestone palisade cliffs along the Clinch, New, Roanoke, and Shenandoah rivers.
Origin/Endemic status: Native
Synonymy ⓘ: = Ar, C, F, FNA25, G, HC, Il, K4, Mi, Mo1, Pa, Tn, Va. Basionym: Vilfa cuspidata Torr. ex Hook. 1840
Links to other floras: = Muhlenbergia cuspidata - FNA25
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Heliophily ⓘ: 8
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