Mountain Muhly
Muhlenbergia montana
Mountain muhly is a fine-textured bunchgrass of western mountains and high plains, drought- and cold-hardy with delicate flowering stems.
- Family
- Poaceae
- Type
- grass
- Lifespan
- perennial
- Height
- 1–2.5 ft
- Spacing
- 1–1.5 ft apart
- Light
- sun
- Soil moisture
- dry
- Soil pH
- neutral, alkaline
- Bloom
- August, September
- Bloom colors
- brown, purple
- Wildlife value
- songbirds, larval host, mammals
- Landscape uses
- border, naturalizing
- Native states
- AZ, CA, CO, NM, UT