Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Monocots: Commelinids: Poales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Muhlenbergia schreberi
FAMILY
Poaceae
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Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
This multi-stem plant usually sprawls on the ground and roots at the nodes. Read more at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
Learn more from the Humane Gardener's article about The Best Native Grass You've Never Heard of.
Nimblewill is one of the few grasses that will thrive in shaded, moist sites. It can be used to suppress the invasive exotic Japanese Stiltgrass, Microstegium vimineum, which also thrives in shaded moist areas, per the University of Georgia Extension guide Native Plants for Georgia Part IV: Grasses and Sedges.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Muhlenbergia schreberi
FAMILY
Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Muhlenbergia schreberi
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 25 (2003)
Muhlenbergia schreberi
SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 029-45-003:
Muhlenbergia schreberi FAMILY Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Grasses of the US (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950)
Muhlenbergia schreberi
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Muhlenbergia schreberi
COMMON NAME:
Nimblewill
To see larger pictures, click or hover over the thumbnails.
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_musc_001_lvd
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Hitchcock, A.S. (rev. A. Chase). 1950 pnd_musc_003_lvd
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USDA / Selected Weeds of the US. 1970 swus_page_071
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JK Marlow jkm0406g_06
June Greenville County SC
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June Greenville County SC
Leaves flat & narrow, 3-5cm long, 1-4mm wide, rough on surfaces & margins, per Forest Plants of the Southeast and Their Wildlife Uses (Miller & Miller, 2005).
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JK Marlow jkm0408h_06
August Greenville County SC
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JK Marlow jkm201017_7798
October Greenville County SC
Culms weak, decumbent, rooting at the nodes, the upper portions erect, per Weakley's Flora (2015).
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JK Marlow jkm201018_7823
October Greenville County SC
Ear [inflorescence] 5" long; earlet [spikelet] sharp pointed with 1 long awn, per Field Guide to the Grasses, Sedges & Rushes of the US (Knobel, 1899) (Faust, 1977).
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JK Marlow jkm201018_7826
October Greenville County SC
Spikelets one-flowered, the rachilla disarticulating above the glumes, per Manual of the Grasses of the United States (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950).
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Keith Bradley kab_m_schreberi_7475
October Lexington County SC
Congaree Creek Heritage Preserve
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Keith Bradley kab_m_schreberi_7486
October Lexington County SC
Congaree Creek Heritage Preserve
Panicle slender, dense, per Weakley's Flora (2015).
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Muhlenbergia schreberi
FAMILY
Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Muhlenbergia schreberi
FAMILY
Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Muhlenbergia schreberi
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 25
Muhlenbergia schreberi
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 029-45-003:
Muhlenbergia schreberi
FAMILY
Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Grasses of the US (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950)
Muhlenbergia schreberi
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Muhlenbergia schreberi
954
Grass, Sedge, or Rush
Perennial
Habitat: Bottomland and other moist forests, dry forests, fields, dirt roads, disturbed areas, per Weakley's Flora
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Common
CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.
LEAVES:
Simple
Alternate, 2-ranked
RHIZOMES? STOLONS?
Rooting at the nodes, without a true rhizome
FLOWER:
WinterSummer/Fall
Spikelets greenish/ Lemmas usually purplish
FRUIT:
WinterSummer/Fall
Grain reddish
Grain
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Forest Plants of the Southeast and Their Wildlife Uses (Miller & Miller, 2005) p236
- Manual of the Grasses of the United States (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950) p397
- Weeds of Southern Turfgrasses (Murphy et al., 1992) p048
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