Muhlenbergia tenuiflora

Classification	Monocots
Family	Poaceae
Family (Traditional)	Poaceae
Genus	Muhlenbergia
Species:	Muhlenbergia tenuiflora (Willd.) Britton, Sterns & Poggenb.
Common Name	Slimflower Muhly
Growth Habit	graminoid
Plant Notes	**
Characteristics	Armaments: No; Milky Sap: No; Photosynthetic: Yes; Stipules: No; Woody Herbaceous: Herbaceous; Natural Area Presence: BE; Natural Area Presence: BFM; Natural Area Presence: GM; Natural Area Presence: GRSM; Natural Area Presence: LCW; Natural Area Presence: NCCGSNA; Natural Area Presence: WOLF; Duration: Perennial; General Ecology: Terrestrial; Growth Habit: graminoid; Moisture Requirements: Dry-mesic; Moisture Requirements: Mesic; Region of Origin: North America; Reproductive Phenology: August; Reproductive Phenology: September; Reproductive Phenology: October; Leaf Arrangement: alternate; Leaf Arrangement: basal; Leaf Complexity: simple; Leaf Dissection: 0; Leaf Persistance: Deciduous; Leaf Petiole Type: sessile; Leaf Type: grass-like; Leaf Venation: parallel; Leaflet Margins: entire; Leaflet Number: 0; Base Flower Color: Brown (incl. Maroon); Base Flower Color: Green; Fruit Dehiscence: No; Fruit Type: Caryopsis; Fruit Type: Grain; Fruit Wet/Dry: Dry; Hypanthium Present: No; Ovary Position: Superior; Overall Flower Symmetry: N/A; Perianth Present: No; Placentation Type: Parietal; Placentation Type: Basal; Sporangium Arrangement: N/A
C value	8
Status	Native; AGCP (FACU), EMP (FACU) (NWPL); TN[SNR] KY[S5] (State Rank); G5 (Global Rank)
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Species Distribution Map

This species has been reported in the counties highlighted in the interactive distribution map below. Click on a county to display the its name. Click the question mark icon () to view additional information about the ecoregions shown. In the map legend, there are links to toggle the visibility of the ecoregions and/or their labels. In addition, clicking on an ecoregion name will highlight that region on the map.

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Counties - Species Present

Ecoregions

Southeastern Plains
- Blackland Prarie
Blue Ridge Mountains
Ridge and Valley
Cumberland Plateau
Cumberland Mountains
Allegheny Plateau

Interior Plateau
- Bluegrass Region
- Nashville Basin
- Pennyroyal Karst Plain
- Western Highland Rim
- Eastern Highland Rim

Interior River Valleys and Hills
- Shawnee / Caseyville Hills
Mississippi Alluvial Plain
Mississippi Valley Loess Plains
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Synonyms

Synonym	Full Citation
Apera tenuiflora	Apera tenuiflora (Willd.) P. Beauv.
Cinna tenuiflora	Cinna tenuiflora (Willd.) Link
Muhlenbergia willdenowii	Muhlenbergia willdenowii

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.

Counties included on distribution map: Bell (KY), Breathitt (KY), Bullitt (KY), Caldwell (KY), Casey (KY), Clinton (KY), Fleming (KY), Harlan (KY), Henderson (KY), Jackson (KY), Jefferson (KY), Knott (KY), Laurel (KY), Letcher (KY), Madison (KY), Montgomery (KY), Pike (KY), Powell (KY), Rockcastle (KY), Rowan (KY), Trigg (KY), Warren (KY), Whitley (KY), Wolfe (KY), Anderson (TN), Bledsoe (TN), Blount (TN), Campbell (TN), Carter (TN), Claiborne (TN), Cocke (TN), Coffee (TN), Cumberland (TN), Decatur (TN), Fentress (TN), Franklin (TN), Greene (TN), Grundy (TN), Hamilton (TN), Hawkins (TN), Haywood (TN), Humphreys (TN), Johnson (TN), Knox (TN), Macon (TN), Marion (TN), Monroe (TN), Morgan (TN), Obion (TN), Polk (TN), Rhea (TN), Scott (TN), Stewart (TN), Sullivan (TN), Sumner (TN), Unicoi (TN), Washington (TN), Williamson (TN)

Herbaria represented by specimen data listed below: APSC, BEREA, EKY, ETSU, KNK, MDKY, MTSU, TENN, UCHT, UOS

Range of years during which specimens were collected: 1978 - 2019

Accession No. (click for full details)	County	State	Coll. Date	Collector & Collection No.	Herbarium & Herbarium Name Used
31234100151214	Breathitt	Kentucky	28 Jun 1979	Richard H. Hannan 2722	EKY Muhlenbergia tenuiflora
31234100151404	Rowan	Kentucky	10 Jul 1979	Richard H. Hannan 2836	EKY Muhlenbergia tenuiflora
31234100151305	Harlan	Kentucky	06 Aug 1998	Ronald L. Jones 8573	EKY Muhlenbergia tenuiflora
31234100151271	Harlan	Kentucky	23 Aug 1996	R.L. Jones 7917	EKY Muhlenbergia tenuiflora
31234100151388	Montgomery	Kentucky	21 Aug 1984	Julian Campbell 970	EKY Muhlenbergia tenuiflora
31234100151230	Caldwell	Kentucky	02 Oct 1980	Richard H. Hannan 5852	EKY Muhlenbergia tenuiflora
31234100151362	Montgomery	Kentucky	22 Aug 1984	Julian Campbell 1005	EKY Muhlenbergia tenuiflora
31234100776028	Powell	Kentucky	14 Jul 1985	Ross C. Clark 21044	EKY Muhlenbergia tenuiflora
31234100151248	Casey	Kentucky	07 Oct 1988	Bruce Hoagland 808	EKY Muhlenbergia tenuiflora
N/A	Powell	Kentucky	31 Jul 1988	Ross c. Clark 21700	EKY Muhlenbergia tenuiflora
31234100151412	Warren	Kentucky	09 Jul 1980	Richard H. Hannan 4428	EKY Muhlenbergia tenuiflora
31234100151206	Bell	Kentucky	25 Sep 2005	Amy V. McIntosh 1453	EKY Muhlenbergia tenuiflora
N/A	Powell	Kentucky	31 Jul 1988	Ross C. Clark 21700	EKY Muhlenbergia tenuiflora
N/A	Henderson	Kentucky	09 Oct 1980	Richard H. Hannan 6042	EKY Muhlenbergia tenuiflora
31234100151370	Montgomery	Kentucky	18 Sep 1984	Julian Campbell 1406	EKY Muhlenbergia tenuiflora
31234100151396	Rockcastle	Kentucky	22 Sep 1990	Neal Denton 1749	EKY Muhlenbergia tenuiflora
31234100151289	Harlan	Kentucky	23 Aug 1996	R.L. Jones 7950	EKY Muhlenbergia tenuiflora
31234100151222	Caldwell	Kentucky	01 Oct 1980	Richard H. Hannan 5832	EKY Muhlenbergia tenuiflora
N/A	Powell	Kentucky	14 Jul 1985	Ross C. Clark 21044	EKY Muhlenbergia tenuiflora
N/A	Rowan	Kentucky	10 Jul 1979	Richard H. Hannan 2794	EKY Muhlenbergia tenuiflora
31234100151255	Clinton	Kentucky	09 Aug 1999	Mark A. Gorton 99-1093	EKY Muhlenbergia tenuiflora
N/A	Wolfe	Kentucky	12 Aug 1992	R.C. Clark 22698	EKY Muhlenbergia tenuiflora
31234100151339	Letcher	Kentucky	27 Jul 1978	Jeffrey D. Sole 372	EKY Muhlenbergia tenuiflora
N/A	Powell	Kentucky	14 Jul 1985	R.C. Clark 21044	EKY Muhlenbergia tenuiflora
31234100151321	Jackson	Kentucky	19 Jul 1979	Richard H. Hannan 3184	EKY Muhlenbergia tenuiflora
31234100151297	Fleming	Kentucky	16 Sep 1999	Kim Feeman 745	EKY Muhlenbergia tenuiflora
BEREA006663	Rockcastle	Kentucky			BEREA Muhlenbergia tenuiflora
N/A	Unicoi	Tennessee	31 Jul 2010	Frosty Levy	ETSU Muhlenbergia tenuiflora
N/A	Carter	Tennessee	18 Aug 2014	Frosty Levy	ETSU Muhlenbergia tenuiflora
N/A	Unicoi	Tennessee	04 Jul 2014	Frosty Levy	ETSU Muhlenbergia tenuiflora
N/A	Unicoi	Tennessee	12 Aug 2011	Frosty Levy	ETSU Muhlenbergia tenuiflora
N/A	Unicoi	Tennessee	27 Sep 2014	Frosty Levy	ETSU Muhlenbergia tenuiflora
N/A	Carter	Tennessee	15 Sep 2012	Frosty Levy	ETSU Muhlenbergia tenuiflora
ETSU006847	Carter	Tennessee	02 Jun 2012	Frosty Levy	ETSU Muhlenbergia tenuiflora
ETSU005292	Unicoi	Tennessee	01 Oct 2011	Frosty Levy	ETSU Muhlenbergia tenuiflora
N/A	Carter	Tennessee	20 Sep 2013	Frosty Levy	ETSU Muhlenbergia tenuiflora
ETSU005965	Carter	Tennessee	18 Jun 2012	Frosty Levy	ETSU Muhlenbergia tenuiflora
N/A	Unicoi	Tennessee	20 Sep 2014	Frosty Levy	ETSU Muhlenbergia tenuiflora
N/A	Unicoi	Tennessee	18 Sep 2010	Frosty Levy	ETSU Muhlenbergia tenuiflora
N/A	Carter	Tennessee	01 Aug 2014	Frosty Levy	ETSU Muhlenbergia tenuiflora
N/A	Unicoi	Tennessee	01 Oct 2011	Frosty Levy	ETSU Muhlenbergia tenuiflora
N/A	Unicoi	Tennessee	20 Sep 2014	Frosty Levy	ETSU Muhlenbergia tenuiflora
ETSU006848	Carter	Tennessee	28 Jul 2012	Frosty Levy	ETSU Muhlenbergia tenuiflora
ETSU006846	Unicoi	Tennessee	19 Sep 2009	Frosty Levy	ETSU Muhlenbergia tenuiflora
N/A	Unicoi	Tennessee	30 Jul 2011	Frosty Levy	ETSU Muhlenbergia tenuiflora
N/A	Unicoi	Tennessee	12 Aug 2011	Frosty Levy	ETSU Muhlenbergia tenuiflora
ETSU006849	Unicoi	Tennessee	27 Aug 2009	Frosty Levy	ETSU Muhlenbergia tenuiflora
ETSU006850	Unicoi	Tennessee	14 Sep 2009	Frosty Levy	ETSU Muhlenbergia tenuiflora
N/A	Unicoi	Tennessee	29 Aug 2010	Frosty Levy	ETSU Muhlenbergia tenuiflora
N/A	Unicoi	Tennessee	12 Jul 2014	Frosty Levy	ETSU Muhlenbergia tenuiflora
ETSU006193	Johnson	Tennessee	20 Jun 2016	Frosty Levy	ETSU Muhlenbergia tenuiflora
N/A	Unicoi	Tennessee	25 Jul 2010	Frosty Levy	ETSU Muhlenbergia tenuiflora
N/A	Unicoi	Tennessee	12 Aug 2011	Frosty Levy	ETSU Muhlenbergia tenuiflora
N/A	Unicoi	Tennessee	31 Jul 2014	Frosty Levy	ETSU Muhlenbergia tenuiflora
ETSU006845	Carter	Tennessee	31 Aug 2013	Frosty Levy	ETSU Muhlenbergia tenuiflora
N/A	Carter	Tennessee	01 Aug 2014	Frosty Levy	ETSU Muhlenbergia tenuiflora
N/A	Unicoi	Tennessee	29 Jun 2014	Frosty Levy	ETSU Muhlenbergia tenuiflora
ETSU006844	Carter	Tennessee	11 Aug 2013	Frosty Levy	ETSU Muhlenbergia tenuiflora
31973000022672	Letcher	Kentucky	07 Aug 1988	Risk, Allen 1844b	KNK Muhlenbergia tenuiflora
31973000022671	Powell	Kentucky	16 Aug 1982	Thieret, John 53908	KNK Muhlenbergia tenuiflora
31973000022674	Rockcastle	Kentucky	04 Aug 1989	Denton, Neal 0535	KNK Muhlenbergia tenuiflora
31973000022669	Madison	Kentucky	13 Aug 1997	Naczi, Robert 6790	KNK Muhlenbergia tenuiflora
31973000022670	Rowan	Kentucky	04 Aug 1979	Thieret, John 51148	KNK Muhlenbergia tenuiflora
MDKY00004920	Rowan	Kentucky			MDKY Muhlenbergia tenuiflora
MDKY00004916	Rowan	Kentucky			MDKY Muhlenbergia tenuiflora
MDKY00004914	Fleming	Kentucky			MDKY Muhlenbergia tenuiflora
MDKY00004918	Rowan	Kentucky			MDKY Muhlenbergia tenuiflora
MDKY00004921	Whitley	Kentucky			MDKY Muhlenbergia tenuiflora
MDKY00004915	Knott	Kentucky			MDKY Muhlenbergia tenuiflora
MDKY00004919	Rowan	Kentucky			MDKY Muhlenbergia tenuiflora
MDKY00004913	Harlan	Kentucky			MDKY Muhlenbergia tenuiflora
MDKY00004912	Rowan	Kentucky			MDKY Muhlenbergia tenuiflora
MDKY00004922	Whitley	Kentucky			MDKY Muhlenbergia tenuiflora
MDKY00004917	Letcher	Kentucky			MDKY Muhlenbergia tenuiflora
TENN-V-0026892	Blount	Tennessee			TENN Muhlenbergia tenuiflora
TENN-V-0026912	Humphreys	Tennessee			TENN Muhlenbergia tenuiflora
TENN-V-0026891	Bledsoe	Tennessee			TENN Muhlenbergia tenuiflora
TENN-V-0026909	Grundy	Tennessee			TENN Muhlenbergia tenuiflora
TENN-V-0026925	Scott	Tennessee			TENN Muhlenbergia tenuiflora
TENN-V-0026893	Blount	Tennessee			TENN Muhlenbergia tenuiflora
TENN-V-0026920	Obion	Tennessee			TENN Muhlenbergia tenuiflora
TENN-V-0026917	Monroe	Tennessee			TENN Muhlenbergia tenuiflora
TENN-V-0026911	Haywood	Tennessee			TENN Muhlenbergia tenuiflora
TENN-V-0026916	Monroe	Tennessee			TENN Muhlenbergia tenuiflora
TENN-V-0026904	Decatur	Tennessee			TENN Muhlenbergia tenuiflora
TENN-V-0026922	Polk	Tennessee			TENN Muhlenbergia tenuiflora
TENN-V-0026890	Blount	Tennessee			TENN Muhlenbergia tenuiflora
TENN-V-0026910	Grundy	Tennessee			TENN Muhlenbergia tenuiflora
TENN-V-0026924	Scott	Tennessee			TENN Muhlenbergia tenuiflora
TENN-V-0026888	Anderson	Tennessee			TENN Muhlenbergia tenuiflora
TENN-V-0026913	Knox	Tennessee			TENN Muhlenbergia tenuiflora
TENN-V-0026918	Morgan	Tennessee			TENN Muhlenbergia tenuiflora
TENN-V-0026907	Greene	Tennessee			TENN Muhlenbergia tenuiflora
TENN-V-0026921	Polk	Tennessee			TENN Muhlenbergia tenuiflora
TENN-V-0026900	Carter	Tennessee			TENN Muhlenbergia tenuiflora
TENN-V-0026906	Franklin	Tennessee			TENN Muhlenbergia tenuiflora
TENN-V-0026919	Morgan	Tennessee			TENN Muhlenbergia tenuiflora
TENN-V-0026908	Greene	Tennessee			TENN Muhlenbergia tenuiflora
TENN-V-0026899	Campbell	Tennessee			TENN Muhlenbergia tenuiflora
TENN-V-0026895	Campbell	Tennessee			TENN Muhlenbergia tenuiflora
TENN-V-0026914	Macon	Tennessee			TENN Muhlenbergia tenuiflora
TENN-V-0026889	Anderson	Tennessee			TENN Muhlenbergia tenuiflora
TENN-V-0026927	Williamson	Tennessee			TENN Muhlenbergia tenuiflora
TENN-V-0026896	Campbell	Tennessee			TENN Muhlenbergia tenuiflora
TENN-V-0026926	Sumner	Tennessee			TENN Muhlenbergia tenuiflora
TENN-V-0026898	Campbell	Tennessee			TENN Muhlenbergia tenuiflora
TENN-V-0026902	Cocke	Tennessee			TENN Muhlenbergia tenuiflora
TENN-V-0026905	Fentress	Tennessee			TENN Muhlenbergia tenuiflora
UCHT002481	Grundy	Tennessee			UCHT Muhlenbergia tenuiflora
UCHT002480	Grundy	Tennessee			UCHT Muhlenbergia tenuiflora
UCHT002482	Hamilton	Tennessee			UCHT Muhlenbergia tenuiflora
APSC0071588	Bell	Kentucky	21 Sep 1978	Rich Hannan	APSC Muhlenbergia tenuiflora
APSC0051497	Campbell	Tennessee			APSC Muhlenbergia tenuiflora
APSC0071589	Harlan	Kentucky	27 Sep 1978	Rich Hannan	APSC Muhlenbergia tenuiflora
APSC0094990	Harlan	Kentucky			APSC Muhlenbergia tenuiflora
APSC0112534	Bell	Kentucky			APSC Muhlenbergia tenuiflora
APSC0095000	Bell	Kentucky	30 Sep 1978	Max Medley	APSC Muhlenbergia tenuiflora
APSC0094271	Powell	Kentucky	26 Oct 1982	Max Medley	APSC Muhlenbergia tenuiflora
APSC0095042	Jefferson	Kentucky			APSC Muhlenbergia tenuiflora
APSC0112535	Bell	Kentucky			APSC Muhlenbergia tenuiflora
APSC0043370	Stewart	Tennessee	21 Aug 1980	Jackie Stack	APSC Muhlenbergia tenuiflora
APSC0043369	Campbell	Tennessee			APSC Muhlenbergia tenuiflora
APSC0052939	Hamilton	Tennessee			APSC Muhlenbergia tenuiflora
APSC0095002	Letcher	Kentucky			APSC Muhlenbergia tenuiflora
APSC0043371	Trigg	Kentucky	03 Sep 1985	Edward Chester	APSC Muhlenbergia tenuiflora
APSC0071590	Jefferson	Kentucky			APSC Muhlenbergia tenuiflora
APSC0071587	Letcher	Kentucky			APSC Muhlenbergia tenuiflora
APSC0071592	Bell	Kentucky	20 Sep 1978	Rich Hannan	APSC Muhlenbergia tenuiflora
APSC0071591	Bullitt	Kentucky			APSC Muhlenbergia tenuiflora
APSC0095001	Pike	Kentucky	14 Aug 1982	Max Medley	APSC Muhlenbergia tenuiflora
APSC0094994	Letcher	Kentucky			APSC Muhlenbergia tenuiflora
MTSU003632	Coffee	Tennessee	10 Sep 1996	Landon E. McKinney	MTSU Muhlenbergia tenuiflora
TENN-V-0244971	Campbell	Tennessee	04 Aug 2011	Aaron Floden 1672	TENN Muhlenbergia tenuiflora
TENN-V-0244859	Campbell	Tennessee	24 Aug 2011	Aaron Floden 1767	TENN Muhlenbergia tenuiflora
UOS08020	Coffee	Tennessee	10 Sep 1996	Landon E. McKinney	UOS Muhlenbergia tenuiflora
UOS08022	Franklin	Tennessee	20 Jul 1985	Richard K. Clements	UOS Muhlenbergia tenuiflora
UOS08018	Franklin	Tennessee	09 Sep 2003	Yolande M. Gottfried	UOS Muhlenbergia tenuiflora
BEREA025390	Madison	Kentucky			BEREA Muhlenbergia tenuiflora
31234100793205	Marion	Tennessee			EKY Muhlenbergia tenuiflora
ETSU003721	Greene	Tennessee	31 Jul 2010	Frosty Levy	ETSU Muhlenbergia tenuiflora
N/A	Hawkins	Tennessee	19 Sep 2019	Frosty Levy, Elaine Walker	ETSU Muhlenbergia tenuiflora
ETSU003732	Washington	Tennessee			ETSU Muhlenbergia tenuiflora
ETSU003718	Carter	Tennessee	23 Aug 2014	Frosty Levy	ETSU Muhlenbergia tenuiflora
ETSU033784	Carter	Tennessee			ETSU Muhlenbergia tenuiflora
N/A	Hawkins	Tennessee	05 Oct 2019	Frosty Levy, Elaine Walker	ETSU Muhlenbergia tenuiflora
ETSU003723	Unicoi	Tennessee	16 Sep 2010	Frosty Levy	ETSU Muhlenbergia tenuiflora
ETSU003728	Carter	Tennessee			ETSU Muhlenbergia tenuiflora
ETSU026825	Hawkins	Tennessee	19 Sep 2019	Frosty Levy, Elaine Walker 19981	ETSU Muhlenbergia tenuiflora
ETSU003711	Unicoi	Tennessee	17 Oct 2010	Frosty Levy	ETSU Muhlenbergia tenuiflora
ETSU003715	Washington	Tennessee	03 Aug 2014	Frosty Levy	ETSU Muhlenbergia tenuiflora
ETSU026914	Hawkins	Tennessee	05 Oct 2019	Frosty Levy, Elaine Walker 191070	ETSU Muhlenbergia tenuiflora
31234100781275	Wolfe	Kentucky	01 Oct 2017	Thomas McFadden 727	EKY Muhlenbergia tenuiflora
TENN-V-0026897	Campbell	Tennessee			TENN Muhlenbergia tenuiflora
TENN-V-0026915	Marion	Tennessee			TENN Muhlenbergia tenuiflora
TENN-V-0026894	Campbell	Tennessee			TENN Muhlenbergia tenuiflora
TENN-V-0026901	Claiborne	Tennessee			TENN Muhlenbergia tenuiflora
TENN-V-0026903	Cumberland	Tennessee			TENN Muhlenbergia tenuiflora
TENN-V-0026923	Rhea	Tennessee			TENN Muhlenbergia tenuiflora
ETSU030206	Carter	Tennessee			ETSU Muhlenbergia tenuiflora
ETSU003731	Sullivan	Tennessee			ETSU Muhlenbergia tenuiflora
31234100774601	Powell	Kentucky	31 Jul 1988	Ross C. Clark 21700	EKY Muhlenbergia tenuiflora
31234100151347	Letcher	Kentucky	17 Jul 1978	Jeffrey D. Sole 349	EKY Muhlenbergia tenuiflora
31234100151263	Clinton	Kentucky	04 Aug 1999	Mark A. Gorton 99-1874	EKY Muhlenbergia tenuiflora
N/A	Wolfe	Kentucky	12 Aug 1992	Ross C. Clark 22698	EKY Muhlenbergia tenuiflora
BEREA006661	Madison	Kentucky			BEREA Muhlenbergia tenuiflora
BEREA023539	Madison	Kentucky			BEREA Muhlenbergia tenuiflora
BEREA006659	Bell	Kentucky			BEREA Muhlenbergia tenuiflora
BEREA006660	Laurel	Kentucky			BEREA Muhlenbergia tenuiflora
BEREA006662	Madison	Kentucky			BEREA Muhlenbergia tenuiflora

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