Poaceae FAMILY

Muhlenbergia pungens

Edibility

0/5

Medicinal

0/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Muhlenbergia pungens is a spreading, perennial grass with elongated rhizomes; the decumbent culms are around 10 - 70cm long[ 270 Title Flora of N. America Publication Author Website http://flora.huh.harvard.edu/fna/ Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description An on-line version of the flora with an excellent description of the plant including a brief mention of plant uses. ]. The plant is harvested from the wild for local use as a brush.

Habitat & Origin

Origintemperate

Native RangeCentral and southern N. America - Wyoming and South Dakota, south to Arizona, New Mexico and Texas

HabitatPrairies[ 235 Title An Illustrated Flora of the Northern United States and Canada Publication Author Britton. N. L. Brown. A. Publisher Dover Publications. New York. Year 1970 ISBN 0-486-22642-5 Description Reprint of a 1913 Flora, but still a very useful book. ]. Loose sandy soils near sand dunes to sandy clay loam slopes and flats in desert shrub and open woodlands; at elevations from 600 - 2,500 metres[ 270 Title Flora of N. America Publication Author Website http://flora.huh.harvard.edu/fna/ Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description An on-line version of the flora with an excellent description of the plant including a brief mention of plant uses. ].