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Muhlenbergia elongata

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Arid Muhly

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Identity

Unique IDELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.150560

Element CodePMPOA48360

Record TypeSPECIES

ClassificationSpecies

Classification StatusStandard

Name CategoryVascular Plant

Endemicoccurs (regularly, as a native taxon) in multiple nations

KingdomPlantae

PhylumAnthophyta

ClassMonocotyledoneae

OrderCyperales

FamilyPoaceae

GenusMuhlenbergia

Concept Reference

Kartesz, J.T. 1999. A synonymized checklist and atlas with biological attributes for the vascular flora of the United States, Canada, and Greenland. First edition. In: Kartesz, J.T., and C.A. Meacham. Synthesis of the North American Flora, Version 1.0. North Carolina Botanical Garden, Chapel Hill, N.C.

Taxonomic Comments

Kartesz (1999) includes Muhlenbergia xerophila in M. elongata, a species not previously reported in the U.S.

Conservation Status

Review Date2001-02-18

Change Date2001-02-18

Edition Date2000-08-01

Edition AuthorsMacBryde, Bruce

Rank Reasons

Muhlenbergia elongata is in southern Arizona in the U.S.; and Chihuahua and Sonora in Mexico, where it occurs near stream sides, often on rocks or cliffs, and also in fields, in the zones of tropical deciduous forest to pine-oak forest (300-1800 meters).

Ecology & Habitat

Other Nations (1)

United StatesN1

Province	Rank	Native
Arizona	S3	Yes

Plant Characteristics

Economic Value (Genus)No

Roadless Areas (2)

Arizona (2)

Area	Forest	Acres
Happy Valley	Coronado National Forest	7,972
Lower Rincon	Coronado National Forest	3,278

References (3)

Kartesz, J.T. 1999. A synonymized checklist and atlas with biological attributes for the vascular flora of the United States, Canada, and Greenland. First edition. In: Kartesz, J.T., and C.A. Meacham. Synthesis of the North American Flora, Version 1.0. North Carolina Botanical Garden, Chapel Hill, N.C.
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.
Martin, P.S., D. Yetman, M. Fishbein, P. Jenkins, T.R. Van Devender, and R.K. Wilson. 1998. Gentry's Rio Mayo plants; The tropical deciduous forest & environs of northwest Mexico. Univ. Arizona Press, Tucson. 558 pp. + map.