Muhlenbergia schreberi

Common Name: 
wiregrass nimblewill
Scientific Name: 
Muhlenbergia schreberi J. F. Gmel.
Family Name: 
Poaceae (Graminae) - Grass Family
Identification Notes
Life Cycle
native perennial, reproducing by seed and stolons
Culms
ascending to upright, bent at nodes
Culms of Nimblewill
Culms of Nimblewill
Culms of Nimblewill
Leaves
blades grayish green, smooth, spare hair near ligule; rolled in bud; ligule membranous, very short; auricles absent; sheaths smooth, compressed; collar whitish
Seedheads
contracted panicles; both axillary and terminal