Muhlenbergia capillaris

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Species Distribution Map
Family:POACEAE
Species:Muhlenbergia capillaris (Lam.) Trin.
Common Name:Long Awn Muhly; Hair Awn Muhly; Long Awn Hairgrass
Habitat:**
Associated Ecological Communities:**
Growth Habit:Herb
Duration:Perennial
Category:Vascular
USDA Symbol:MUCA2
Plant Notes:Long Awn Muhly is a native herbaceous perennial in the Grass family (Poaceae). It can be found throughout Alabama. Long Awn Muhly grows in sandy pine woodlands, in prairies, in rocky forest openings, and on roadsides. It is a perennial warn season bunch grass. Culms are erect, not branched, 1-2 feet tall, and glabrous. The leaves are alternate, linear, flat or involute, glabrous on the lower surface and scabrous on the upper surface. Flowers are produced in erect, diffuse panicles. The primary branches of the panicle are capillary and strongly angle away from the main axis. Each secondary branch has 5-20 spikelets and is longer that the spikelets. The spikelets are purplish in color. The fruit is a brownish grain. Long Awn Muhly is often sold as an ornamental grass for its billowy displays of pinkish cloud-like panicles. It prefers a well-draining sandy soil in full sun. Plants can be grown from seed or divisions. Long Awn Muhly can be used as a meadow plant, as a specimen or border plant, and on hard to mow areas such as steep banks, traffic islands, and the margins of golf courses.—A. Diamond.
Taxonomic Notes:**
Status:Native, FACU (NWI), G5 (Global Rank)
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Specimen: View specimen details in the Alabama Herbarium Consortium Specimen Database

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Classification

FamilyPOACEAE - Grass family
Genus Muhlenbergia
Species Muhlenbergia capillaris (Lam.) Trin. - Long Awn Muhly; Hair Awn Muhly; Long Awn Hairgrass

Citation

Citation Muhlenbergia capillaris (Lamarck) Trinius, Gram. Unifl. Sesquifl. 191–192, 296, t. 5, f. 15. 1824.
Basionym: Stipa capillaris Lam. 1791.
Type: "Carolina", without data, Fraser s.n. (holotype: P; isotype: US fragm).

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Synonyms

SynonymFull CitationBasionymType
Muhlenbergia polypogon Muhlenbergia polypogon (de Candolle) Kunth, Revis. Gramin. 64. 1829.Trichochloa polypogon de Candolle 1813. 
Podosemum agrostideum Podosemum agrostideum Palisot de Beauvois, Ess. Agrostogr. 29, 176, 179, pl. 8(3). 1812.  
Podosemum capillare Podosemum capillare (Lamarck) Desvaux, Nouv. Bull. Sci. Soc. Philom. Paris 2: 188. 1810.Stipa capillaris Lamarck 1791. 
Stipa capillaris Stipa capillaris Lamarck, Tabl. Encycl. 1: 158. 1791. "Carolina", without data, Fraser s.n. (holotype: P; isotype: US fragm).
Stipa diffusa Stipa diffusa Walter, Fl. Carol. 78. 1788. SOUTH CAROLINA:
Trichochloa capillaris Trichochloa capillaris (Lamarck) de Candolle, Cat. Pl. Horti Monsp. 152. 1813.Stipa capillaris Lamarck 1791. 
Trichochloa polypogon Trichochloa polypogon de Candolle, Cat. Pl. Horti Monsp. 152. 1813. "Carolina", without data, Fraser s.n. (holotype: P; isotype: US fragm).

Specimens and Distribution

This species has been reported in the following counties by the herbaria listed. An overview of the individual specimens are provided in the table that follows. Click on the accession number to view details; click on column headers to sort; choose a county or herbaria to filter the specimen data.

Counties included on distribution map: Autauga, Baldwin, Barbour, Bibb, Bullock, Butler, Cherokee, Conecuh, Covington, Dale, DeKalb, Geneva, Lee, Lowndes, Marengo, Mobile, Montgomery, Pike, Wilcox

Counties represented by specimen data listed below:

Herbaria represented by specimen data listed below: ALNHS, AUA, SAMF, TROY, UNA, UWAL

Range of years during which specimens were collected: 1949 - 1997

Barcode / Accession No. County Coll. Date Collector &
Collection No.		 Herbarium &
Herbarium Name Used		 Image
TROY000012335 Covington 28 Oct 2000 Diamond, Alvin R.
12228		 TROY
Muhlenbergia expansa (Poiret) Trinius
TROY000038211 Bullock 02 Nov 2012 Dykes, Bailee
1449		 TROY
Muhlenbergia capillaris (Lam.) Trin.
UWAL0009031 Wilcox 26 Oct 2008 Diamond, Alvin R.
20366		 UWAL
Muhlenbergia capillaris (Lam.) Trin.
UNA00004902 DeKalb 01 Nov 1949 Harper, Roland M.
4165		 UNA
Muhlenbergia capillaris (Lam.) Trin. var. capillaris
TROY000012334 Butler 29 Sep 2007 Diamond, Alvin R.
18401		 TROY
Muhlenbergia capillaris (Lamarck) Trinius
ALNHS00006697 Lowndes 08 Oct 2019 Barger, T. Wayne
SP#4929		 ALNHS
Muhlenbergia capillaris (Lam.) Trin.
AUA000017981 Lowndes 30 Sep 2004 DIAMOND, JR., ALVIN R.
14749		 AUA
MUHLENBERGIA CAPILLARIS (LAM.) TRIN.
UWAL0015822 Pike 19 Sep 2013 Diamond, Alvin R.
24574		 UWAL
Muhlenbergia capillaris (Lamarck) Trinius
UWAL0015996 Bullock 02 Nov 2012 Dykes, Bailee
1449		 UWAL
Muhlenbergia capillaris (Lamarck) Trinius
UNA00004963 Bibb 28 Sep 1961 Harper, Roland M.
4501		 UNA
Muhlenbergia capillaris (Lam.) Trin. var. capillaris
TROY000012338 Lowndes 30 Sep 2004 Diamond, Alvin R.
14749		 TROY
Muhlenbergia expansa (Poiret) Trinius
UWAL0014355 Marengo 08 Oct 2008 England, J. Kevin
1377		 UWAL
Muhlenbergia capillaris (Lamarck) Trinius
TROY000026805 Barbour 11 Sep 2008 Diamond, Alvin R.
19958		 TROY
Muhlenbergia capillaris (Lamarck) Trinius
TROY000040570 Marengo 08 Oct 2008 England, J. Kevin
1377		 TROY
Muhlenbergia capillaris (Lamarck) Trinius
AUA000017979 Conecuh 25 Nov 1995 DIAMOND, JR., ALVIN R.
10113		 AUA
MUHLENBERGIA CAPILLARIS (LAM.) TRIN.
UWAL0019697 Montgomery 12 Oct 2014 Diamond, Alvin R.
25617		 UWAL
Muhlenbergia capillaris (Lamarck) Trinius
UNA00056784 Bibb 26 Sep 1992 Allison, James R.
7225		 UNA
Muhlenbergia capillaris (Lam.) Trin.
AUA000017980 Covington 2 Dec 1995 DIAMOND, JR., ALVIN R.
10122		 AUA
MUHLENBERGIA CAPILLARIS (LAM.) TRIN.
TROY000043209 Geneva 05 Nov 2015 Diamond, Alvin R.
27033		 TROY
Muhlenbergia capillaris (Lamarck) Trinius
UWAL0053100 Cherokee 16 Sep 2020 Thompson, Joey
1229		 UWAL
Muhlenbergia capillaris (Lam.) Trin.
TROY000026807 Wilcox 26 Oct 2008 Diamond, Alvin R.
20366		 TROY
Muhlenbergia expansa (Poiret) Trinius
TROY000012336 Covington 15 Oct 2002 Munn, Heather
5		 TROY
Muhlenbergia expansa (Poiret) Trinius
UNA00004907 Mobile _ May _ Mohr, Charles
s.n.		 UNA
Muhlenbergia capillaris (Lam.) Trin. var. capillaris
AUA000017977 Baldwin 10 Nov 2002 ZEBRYK, TAD M.
7999		 AUA
MUHLENBERGIA CAPILLARIS (LAM.) TRIN.
TROY000041899 Montgomery 12 Oct 2014 Diamond, Alvin R.
25617		 TROY
Muhlenbergia capillaris (Lamarck) Trinius
UNA00059551 Dale 06 Oct 2002 Diamond, Alvin R.
13708		 UNA
Muhlenbergia capillaris (Lam.) Trin.
SAMF0007128 Pike 19 Sep 2013 Diamond, Alvin R.
24574		 SAMF
Muhlenbergia capillaris (Lamarck) Trinius
TROY000038924 Pike 19 Sep 2013 Diamond, Alvin R.
24754		 TROY
Muhlenbergia capillaris (Lamarck) Trinius
AUA000037601 Lee 21 Sep 2018 SCHOTZ, ALFRED
CSP-584		 AUA
MUHLENBERGIA CAPILLARIS (LAM.) TRIN.
UNA00056247 Geneva 20 Sep 1998 MacDonald, John R.
12080		 UNA
Muhlenbergia capillaris (Lam.) Trin.
TROY000045742 Autauga 13 Oct 2016 Parker, Matthew R.
184		 TROY
Muhlenbergia capillaris (Lamarck) Trinius
TROY000012337 Dale 06 Oct 2002 Diamond, Alvin R.
13708		 TROY
Muhlenbergia expansa (Poiret) Trinius
AUA000017982 Pike 7 May 1994 DIAMOND, JR., ALVIN R.
9143		 AUA
MUHLENBERGIA CAPILLARIS (LAM.) TRIN.
AUA000017984 Lee 3 Oct 1954 DAVIS, DONALD E.
 AUA
MUHLENBERGIA CAPILLARIS (LAM.) TRIN.
UNA00050614 Barbour 02 Nov 1997 MacDonald, John R.
10930		 UNA
Muhlenbergia capillaris (Lam.) Trin.
AUA000017983 Lee 8 Nov 1959 BANKS, DONALD J.
 AUA
MUHLENBERGIA CAPILLARIS (LAM.) TRIN.
UWAL0033104 Geneva 05 Nov 2015 Diamond, Alvin R.
27033		 UWAL
Muhlenbergia capillaris (Lamarck) Trinius
UWAL0039983 Bullock 28 Sep 2017 Horne, Howard E.
4257		 UWAL
Muhlenbergia capillaris (Lamarck) Trinius
UWAL0009030 Butler 29 Sep 2007 Diamond, Alvin R.
18401		 UWAL
Muhlenbergia capillaris (Lam.) Trin.
AUA000017978 Conecuh 17 Dec 1995 DIAMOND, JR., ALVIN R.
10130		 AUA
MUHLENBERGIA CAPILLARIS (LAM.) TRIN.
ALNHS00006690 Marengo 03 Oct 2019 Barger, T. Wayne
SP#4948		 ALNHS
Muhlenbergia capillaris (Lam.) Trin.
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