Deergrass
Muhlenbergia rigens
A big, fountain-shaped evergreen bunchgrass sending up slender flower spikes like spokes. A bold, fire-resistant architectural grass long used in Indigenous basketry. Like other native grasses, the seed has documented use as a ground-flour grain.
- Family
- Poaceae
- Type
- grass
- Lifespan
- perennial
- Height
- 3–6 ft
- Spacing
- 2–3 ft apart
- Light
- sun
- Soil moisture
- dry, moist
- Soil pH
- acidic, neutral
- Bloom
- April, May, June, July, August, September
- Bloom colors
- yellow
- Wildlife value
- songbirds
- Landscape uses
- specimen, naturalizing
- Native states
- AZ, CA, NM, NV, TX
Related native plants
More Muhlenbergia species
- Lindheimer's Muhly (Muhlenbergia lindheimeri)
- Seep Muhly (Muhlenbergia reverchonii)
- Pink Muhly Grass (Muhlenbergia capillaris)
- Bush Muhly (Muhlenbergia porteri)
- Spike Muhly (Muhlenbergia glomerata)
- Plains Muhly (Muhlenbergia cuspidata)