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Muhlenbergia dumosa

Scribn. ex Vasey

Bamboo Muhly

G3Vulnerable (G3G4) Found in 1 roadless area NatureServe Explorer →
G3VulnerableGlobal Rank
UnknownThreat Impact
Identity
Unique IDELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.138238
Element CodePMPOA480H0
Record TypeSPECIES
ClassificationSpecies
Classification StatusStandard
Name CategoryVascular Plant
Endemicoccurs (regularly, as a native taxon) in multiple nations
KingdomPlantae
PhylumAnthophyta
ClassMonocotyledoneae
OrderCyperales
FamilyPoaceae
GenusMuhlenbergia
Other Common Names
bamboo muhly (EN)
Concept Reference
Kartesz, J.T. 1994. A synonymized checklist of the vascular flora of the United States, Canada, and Greenland. 2nd edition. 2 vols. Timber Press, Portland, OR.
Conservation Status
Rank MethodLegacy Rank calculation - Excel v3.1x
Review Date2013-10-17
Change Date2013-10-17
Edition Date2013-04-09
Edition AuthorsSchuetze, S.
Threat ImpactUnknown
Range Extent5000-200,000 square km (about 2000-80,000 square miles)
Number of Occurrences21 - 300
Rank Reasons
Full distribution of this regional endemic needs to be studied. Currently known to occur in southern Arizona and Mexico, with majority of Mexico populations in the northern states of Chihuahua and Sonora.
Range Extent Comments
Regional endemic known from southern Arizona and northwestern Mexico, including the states of Baja California, Chihuahua, Sonora, Sinaloa, Jalisco, and Michoacan. Generally the range is southern Arizona and northern Mexico. Laurenzi (in Laurenzi and Spence, 2012) reports Wyoming to Arizona with one record from Chihuahua, Mexico.
Occurrences Comments
200 records in SEINet representing about 100 occurrences. Some sites are historic and need to be revisited to confirm presence.
Ecology & Habitat

Habitat

Valley flats and canyon slopes at low elevations.
Other Nations (1)
United StatesNNR
ProvinceRankNative
ArizonaS3Yes
Plant Characteristics
Economic Value (Genus)No
Roadless Areas (1)
Arizona (1)
AreaForestAcres
Happy ValleyCoronado National Forest7,972
References (3)
  1. Hitchcock, A.S. 1951. Manual of the grasses of the United States. 2nd edition revised by Agnes Chase. [Reprinted, 1971, in 2 vols., by Dover Publications, Incorporated, New York.]
  2. Kartesz, J.T. 1994. A synonymized checklist of the vascular flora of the United States, Canada, and Greenland. 2nd edition. 2 vols. Timber Press, Portland, OR.
  3. Kearney, T.H., R.H. Peebles, and collaborators. 1951. Arizona flora. 2nd edition with Supplement (1960) by J.T. Howell, E. McClintock, and collaborators. Univ. California Press, Berkeley. 1085 pp.