BOTANICAL AND ECOLOGICAL CHARACTERISTICS
SPECIES: Muhlenbergia racemosa | Green Muhly 



GENERAL BOTANICAL CHARACTERISTICS : 
Green muhly is a warm-season, perennial grass with long scaly rhizomes.
Culms reach up to 3 feet (1 m) in height [4,5,6,14].


RAUNKIAER LIFE FORM : 
   Geophyte
   Hemicryptophyte


REGENERATION PROCESSES : 
Green muhly regenerates via rhizomes and seeds.


SITE CHARACTERISTICS : 
Green muhly grows on dry to moist sites, streambanks, irrigation
ditches, lake margins, and dry slopes from 4,100 to 10,400 feet
(1,200-3,000 m) [2,5,6,11,14].  Its growth on various soil textures was
rated as follows for three states [2]:

               CO      ND      UT      
Gravel        Poor    Poor    Fair
Sand          Fair    Fair    Fair
Sandy loam    Good    Good    Good
Loam          Good    Good    Good
Clay loam     Good    Good    Good
Clay          Poor    Poor    Poor
Dense clay    Poor    Poor    Poor

Elevational ranges vary as follows [2]:

    from 3,500 to 9,000 feet (1,100-2,700 m) in CO
         6,600 to 7,100 feet (2,000-2,200 m) in MT
         7,300 to 7,500 feet (2,200-2,300 m) in UT
         4,700 to 7,000 feet (1,400-2,100 m) in WY


SUCCESSIONAL STATUS : 
NO-ENTRY


SEASONAL DEVELOPMENT : 
Growth of green muhly starts in late spring with plants blooming from
July to October [4,11].

Related categories for Species: Muhlenbergia racemosa | Green Muhly