Poaceae
Cutover muhly
Muhlenbergia expansa
- Family
- Poaceae
- Genus
- Muhlenbergia
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Common names
By language (1)
- English
- Cutover muhly
Synonyms
- Agrostis arachnoidea Poir.
- Agrostis expansa Poir. ex Steud.
- Agrostis longiflora Willd. ex Steud.
- Agrostis rubicunda Bosc ex DC.
- Agrostis trichopodes Elliott
- Cinna arachnoidea (Poir.) Kunth
- Muhlenbergia arachnoidea Trin. ex Kunth
- Muhlenbergia arachnoides Trin. ex Steud.
- Muhlenbergia caespitosa Chapm.
- Muhlenbergia capillaris var. trichopodes (Elliott) Vasey
- Muhlenbergia trichopodes (Elliott) Chapm.
- Podosemum purpureum (P.Beauv.) P.Beauv.
- Podosemum trichopodes (Elliott) Bush
- Stipa expansa Poir.
- Trichochloa expansa (Poir.) DC.
- Trichochloa purpurea P.Beauv.
- Vilfa arachnoidea (Poir.) P.Beauv.
Flowers
- In flower
- September to October (from 10 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Graminoid
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: native
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Jay Horn, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FruitPhoto: Will McFarland, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: no rights reserved, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Alan Weakley, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Alan Weakley, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Alan Weakley, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Alan Weakley, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Matt Berger, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Alan Weakley, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: John Kees, CC0, from iNaturalist
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.