Vascular Plants of the Gila Wilderness

Presented in Association with the
Western New Mexico University Department of Natural Sciences

Muhlenbergia rigens (Bentham) A.S. Hitchcock
(Deergrass)


Family: Poaceae

Status: Native

Synonyms:
Epicampes rigens Bentham
Muhlenbergia mundula I.M. Johnston

Muhlenbergia rigens is one of the tussock-forming species of Muhlenbergia, the largest of the genera of the grasses in New Mexico. In Muhlenbergia rigens, the glumes are most of the length of the floret and there are no awns. The panicles are very contracted and usually only a few millimeters broad. The ligules are only 1-3mm also.
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Muhlenbergia rigens, photo Russ Kleinman, Burro Mtns., Deadman Cyn., Sept. 9, 2007



Muhlenbergia rigens, detail of spike, Burro Mtns., Deadman Cyn., Sept. 9, 2007



Muhlenbergia rigens, detail of spikelet, photo Russ Kleinman, Pinos Altos Range, Ben Lilly, Oct. 24, 2007


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