Species in the genus include: •
Muhlenbergia aguascalientensis Y.Herrera & De la Cerda - Aguascalientes •
Muhlenbergia alamosae Vasey - Aguascalientes, Chihuahua, Sonora, Sinaloa, Durango, Baja California, Baja California Sur, Guanajuato, Jalisco, Mexico State, Morelos, Zacatecas •
Muhlenbergia alopecuroides (Griseb.) P.M.Peterson & Columbus – southwestern US, northern Mexico, northern Argentina •
Muhlenbergia andina (
Nutt.)
Hitchc. – Foxtail muhly - western Canada, western United States •
Muhlenbergia angustata (J.Presl) Kunth - South America •
Muhlenbergia annua (Vasey) Swallen - Chihuahua, Sonora, Chiapas, Durango •
Muhlenbergia appressa C.O.Goodd. – Devil's Canyon muhly - United States (
California Arizona), Baja California, Baja California Sur •
Muhlenbergia arenacea (Buckley) Hitchc. - United States (
Colorado New Mexico Texas Arizona), Chihuahua, Sonora, Coahuila, San Luis Potosí, Zacatecas •
Muhlenbergia arenicola Buckley - United States (
Arizona New Mexico Texas Oklahoma Kansas Colorado),
Mexico, Argentina •
Muhlenbergia argentea Vasey -
Mexico •
Muhlenbergia arizonica Scribn. United States (
New Mexico Arizona),
Mexico •
Muhlenbergia arsenei Hitchc. - United States (
California Nevada Utah Arizona New Mexico), Mexico •
Muhlenbergia articulata Scribn. -
Mexico •
Muhlenbergia asperifolia (
Nees &
Meyen ex
Trin.)
Parodi – Scratchgrass - from Canada to Chile •
Muhlenbergia atacamensis Parodi - Argentina, Bolivia •
Muhlenbergia aurea Swallen - Guatemala •
Muhlenbergia biloba Hitchc. -
Mexico •
Muhlenbergia brandegeei C.Reeder -
Baja California •
Muhlenbergia breviaristata (Hack.) Parodi - Argentina •
Muhlenbergia breviculmis Swallen - Guatemala •
Muhlenbergia brevifolia Scribn. ex Beal -
Mexico •
Muhlenbergia breviligula Hitchc. - southern
Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua •
Muhlenbergia brevis Goodd. - United States (
Arizona New Mexico Texas Colorado), Mexico •
Muhlenbergia breviseta E.Fourn. -
Mexico •
Muhlenbergia brevivaginata Swallen -
Mexico •
Muhlenbergia bushii R.W.Pohl - central + eastern United States •
Muhlenbergia californica Vasey – California muhly - California (San Bernardino, Riverside, + Los Angeles Counties) •
Muhlenbergia capillaris – Hairawn muhly - United States (from
Texas to
Massachusetts; Mexico, Guatemala, Bahamas, Cuba, Puerto Rico •
Muhlenbergia capillipes (M.E.Jones) P.M.Peterson & Annable - northeastern Mexico •
Muhlenbergia caxamarcensis Laegaard & Sánchez Vega - Peru •
Muhlenbergia ciliata (Kunth) Kunth - from central
Mexico to northwestern Argentina •
Muhlenbergia crispiseta Hitchc. - western Texas, northern
Mexico •
Muhlenbergia cualensis Y.Herrera & P.M.Peterson - southern
Mexico •
Muhlenbergia curtifolia Scribn. -
Arizona Nevada Utah Wyoming •
Muhlenbergia curtisetosa (Scribn.) Bush - from
Ontario to
Texas •
Muhlenbergia curviaristata (Ohwi) Ohwi - Japan, Manchuria, Kuril Islands •
Muhlenbergia cuspidata (
Torr. ex
Hook.)
Rydb. – Plains muhly - from Alberta to Virginia •
Muhlenbergia decumbens Swallen - central
Mexico •
Muhlenbergia depauperata Scribn. - United States (
Arizona New Mexico Colorado Utah Texas), northeastern
Mexico •
Muhlenbergia distichophylla (J.Presl) Kunth -
Mexico, Guatemala •
Muhlenbergia diversiglumis Trin. - from northern
Mexico to Peru •
Muhlenbergia dubia E.Fourn. -
Arizona New Mexico Texas,
Mexico •
Muhlenbergia dumosa – Bamboo muhly -
Mexico, Arizona •
Muhlenbergia durangensis Y.Herrera - Durango •
Muhlenbergia duthieana Hack. - Pakistan, Nepal, Kashmir, Himanchal Pradesh, Uttaranchal •
Muhlenbergia elongata Scribn. ex Beal -
Arizona (
Pima +
Santa Cruz Counties), northern
Mexico •
Muhlenbergia eludens C.Reeder - United States (
Arizona New Mexico Texas), northern
Mexico •
Muhlenbergia emersleyi Vasey – Bullgrass - United States (
Arizona Nevada New Mexico Texas North Carolina), Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras •
Muhlenbergia eriophylla Swallen -
Mexico •
Muhlenbergia expansa – Cutover muhly - United States (
Texas Oklahoma Louisiana Mississippi Alabama Georgia Florida South Carolina North Carolina Virginia Massachusetts) •
Muhlenbergia fastigiata (J.Presl) Henrard - Bolivia, Peru, Colombia, Chile, Argentina •
Muhlenbergia filiculmis Vasey - United States (
Arizona New Mexico Utah Colorado Wyoming North Dakota) •
Muhlenbergia filiformis (
Thurb. ex
S.Watson)
Rydb. – Pullup muhly - western United States, British Columbia, Sonora, Baja California •
Muhlenbergia flabellata Mez - Costa Rica, Panamá •
Muhlenbergia flavida Vasey -
Mexico •
Muhlenbergia flaviseta Scribn. -
Mexico •
Muhlenbergia flexuosa Hitchc. - Peru •
Muhlenbergia fragilis Swallen -
Mexico, United States (
California Nevada Utah Arizona New Mexico Texas) •
Muhlenbergia frondosa (Poir.) Fernald - eastern + central United States + Canada •
Muhlenbergia gigantea (E.Fourn.) Hitchc. -
Mexico •
Muhlenbergia glabriflora Scribn. - south-central United States •
Muhlenbergia glauca (Nees) Mez -
Mexico, United States (
California Arizona New Mexico Texas) •
Muhlenbergia glomerata (Willd.) Trin. – Marsh muhly, spiked muhly - northern United States, Canada including Yukon + NWT •
Muhlenbergia grandis Vasey -
Mexico •
Muhlenbergia gypsophila C.Reeder & Reeder -
Mexico •
Muhlenbergia hakonensis (Hack.) Makino - China (Sichuan, Anhui), Korea, Japan •
Muhlenbergia himalayensis Hack. ex Hook.f. - Afghanistan, northern Pakistan, Tajikistan, northern + eastern India, Tibet, Nepal, Bhutan, Sichuan, Yunnan •
Muhlenbergia hintonii Swallen -
Mexico •
Muhlenbergia huegelii Trin. - widespread from Afghanistan to Primorye to New Guinea, including India + China •
Muhlenbergia implicata (Kunth) Trin. - Mesoamerica, Colombia, Venezuela •
Muhlenbergia inaequalis Soderstr. - Colombia, Venezuela •
Muhlenbergia involuta Swallen -
Texas •
Muhlenbergia iridifolia Soderstr. -
Mexico •
Muhlenbergia jaime-hintonii P.M.Peterson & Valdés-Reyna -
Mexico •
Muhlenbergia jaliscana Swallen -
Mexico •
Muhlenbergia japonica Steud. - China, Japan, Korea, Primorye, Khabarovsk •
Muhlenbergia jonesii (Vasey) Hitchc. - northeastern California •
Muhlenbergia laxa Hitchc. - Veracruz •
Muhlenbergia lehmanniana Henrard - Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia, Venezuela. Ecuador •
Muhlenbergia ligularis (Hack.) Hitchc. - from Costa Rica to Argentina •
Muhlenbergia ligulata (E.Fourn.) Scribn. & Merr. -
Mexico •
Muhlenbergia lindheimeri Hitchc. – Lindheimer muhly, big muhly -
Texas, Coahuila •
Muhlenbergia longiglumis Vasey -
Mexico •
Muhlenbergia longiligula Hitchc. -
Mexico, United States (
Arizona New Mexico Texas Nevada) •
Muhlenbergia lucida Swallen -
Mexico •
Muhlenbergia macroura (Humb., Bonpl. & Kunth) Hitchc. -
Mexico, Guatemala •
Muhlenbergia majalcensis P.M.Peterson -
Mexico •
Muhlenbergia maxima Laegaard & Sánchez Vega - Peru •
Muhlenbergia mexicana (
L.)
Trin. – Mexican muhly - United States, Canada incl. Yukon •
Muhlenbergia michisensis Y.Herrera & P.M.Peterson -
Mexico •
Muhlenbergia microsperma (District of Columbia.) Kunth – Littleseed muhly - United States (
California Arizona Nevada Utah), Mexico, Guatemala, Colombia, Venezuela, Ecuador, Peru, Galápagos, Bolivia •
Muhlenbergia minutissima (Steud.) Swallen – Annual muhly - United States (
Washington Oregon California Idaho Montana Wyoming Nebraska South Dakota Utah Nevada Arizona New Mexico Texas),
Mexico, Guatemala •
Muhlenbergia monandra Alegría & Rúgolo - Peru •
Muhlenbergia montana (Nutt.) Hitchc. – Mountain muhly - United States (
Montana Wyoming Colorado Utah Nevada Arizona California New Mexico Texas),
Mexico •
Muhlenbergia mucronata (Kunth) Trin. -
Mexico •
Muhlenbergia multiflora Columbus - western United States •
Muhlenbergia mutica (E.Fourn.) Hitchc. -
Mexico •
Muhlenbergia nigra Hitchc. -
Mexico, Costa Rica, Guatemala •
Muhlenbergia orophila Swallen -
Mexico, Guatemala •
Muhlenbergia palmeri Vasey -
Mexico, southern
Arizona •
Muhlenbergia palmirensis Grignon & Lægaard - Ecuador •
Muhlenbergia paniculata (Nutt.) P.M.Peterson - central Canada, central + western United States, northeastern
Mexico, northern Argentina •
Muhlenbergia pauciflora Buckley - United States (
Colorado Utah Texas New Mexico Arizona California),
Mexico •
Muhlenbergia pectinata Goodd. -
Mexico, southern
Arizona •
Muhlenbergia peruviana – Peruvian muhly - United States (
Arizona New Mexico), Mesoamerica, western South America, Galápagos •
Muhlenbergia pilosa P.M.Peterson, Wipff & S.D.Jones - México State, Guerrero •
Muhlenbergia plumbea (Trin.) Hitchc. -
Mexico, Guatemala •
Muhlenbergia polycaulis Scribn. - United States (
Utah Texas New Mexico Arizona),
Mexico •
Muhlenbergia porteri Scribn. ex Beal – Bush muhly - United States (
Colorado Oklahoma Utah Nevada Texas New Mexico Arizona California),
Mexico •
Muhlenbergia pubescens (Humb., Bonpl. & Kunth) Hitchc. -
Mexico •
Muhlenbergia pubigluma Swallen -
Mexico •
Muhlenbergia pungens Thurb. – Sandhill muhly - United States (
Nebraska South Dakota Colorado Wyoming Arizona Utah New Mexico Texas) •
Muhlenbergia purpusii Mez -
Mexico •
Muhlenbergia quadridentata (Kunth) Trin. - Mexico, Guatemala •
Muhlenbergia racemosa (Michx.) Britton, Sterns & Poggenb. – Green muhly, marsh muhly •
Muhlenbergia ramosa (Hack.) Makino - Canada, United States, northern
Mexico •
Muhlenbergia ramulosa (Humb., Bonpl. & Kunth) Swallen - United States (
Arizona New Mexico Colorado), Mesoamerica, Argentina •
Muhlenbergia reederorum Soderstr. -
Mexico •
Muhlenbergia repens (J.Presl) Hitchc. -
Mexico, United States (
Arizona New Mexico Texas Colorado
Oklahoma Utah) •
Muhlenbergia reverchonii – Seep muhly - United States (
Texas Oklahoma) •
Muhlenbergia richardsonis – Mat muhly - Canada (incl Yukon + NWT), United States (
Alaska plus northern + western states), northern + central
Mexico •
Muhlenbergia rigens – Deergrass -
Mexico, United States (
California Nevada Arizona New Mexico Texas) •
Muhlenbergia rigida (Kunth) Kunth - United States (
Arizona New Mexico Texas),
Mexico, South America (Colombia to Argentina) •
Muhlenbergia robusta (E.Fourn.) Hitchc. -
Mexico, Central America •
Muhlenbergia schmitzii Hack. -
Mexico •
Muhlenbergia schreberi – Nimblewill - eastern + central United States, Ontario, Mexico, Uruguay, southern Brazil, northern Argentina •
Muhlenbergia scoparia Vasey - Mexico •
Muhlenbergia seatonii Scribn. ex Seaton -
Mexico •
Muhlenbergia sericea (Michx.) P.M.Peterson United States (
Texas Alabama Florida Georgia Louisiana Mississippi North Carolina South Carolina) •
Muhlenbergia setarioides E.Fourn. -
Mexico, Central America •
Muhlenbergia setifolia Vasey - United States (
Arizona New Mexico Texas),
Mexico •
Muhlenbergia sinuosa Swallen - United States (
Arizona New Mexico),
Mexico •
Muhlenbergia sobolifera (Muhl.) Trin. - eastern + central United States, Ontario •
Muhlenbergia spatha Columbus -
Mexico •
Muhlenbergia speciosa Vasey -
Mexico •
Muhlenbergia spiciformis Trin. -
Mexico, Cuba, United States (
New Mexico Texas) •
Muhlenbergia straminea Hitchc. -
Mexico, United States (
New Mexico Arizona Texas) •
Muhlenbergia stricta (J.Presl) Kunth -
Mexico •
Muhlenbergia strictior Beal -
Mexico •
Muhlenbergia subaristata Swallen -
Mexico •
Muhlenbergia subbiflora Hitchc. -
Mexico •
Muhlenbergia sylvatica – Woodland muhly - eastern + central United States, Quebec, Ontario •
Muhlenbergia tarahumara P.M.Peterson & Columbus -
Mexico •
Muhlenbergia tenella (Kunth) Trin. -
Mexico, Central America, Colombia, Argentina •
Muhlenbergia tenuiflora (Willd.) Britton, Stern & Poggenb. - eastern + central United States, Quebec, Ontario •
Muhlenbergia tenuifolia (Kunth) Kunth - United States (
Texas New Mexico Arizona Colorado),
Mexico, Peru, Argentina •
Muhlenbergia tenuissima (J.Presl) Kunth -
Mexico, Central America •
Muhlenbergia texana Buckley -
Mexico, United States (
Arizona New Mexico Texas) •
Muhlenbergia thurberi (Scribn.) Rydb. -
Mexico, United States (
Texas New Mexico Arizona Colorado Utah Nevada) •
Muhlenbergia torreyana (Schult.) Hitchc. – New Jersey muhly, Torrey's muhly, Torrey's dropseed -
New Jersey New York Delaware Maryland North Carolina Tennessee Georgia •
Muhlenbergia torreyi (Kunth) Hitchc. ex Bush - southwestern United States,
Mexico, Argentina •
Muhlenbergia trifida Hack. -
Mexico, Guatemala •
Muhlenbergia uniflora (Muhl.) Fernald - Canada, northeastern United States •
Muhlenbergia utilis (Torr.) Hitchc. – Aparejograss - Mexico, United States (
California Nevada Arizona New Mexico Texas) •
Muhlenbergia vaginata Swallen -
Mexico, Guatemala •
Muhlenbergia venezuelae Luces - Mérida State in Venezuela •
Muhlenbergia versicolor Swallen -
Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras •
Muhlenbergia villiflora Hitchc. -
Mexico, United States (
New Mexico Texas) •
Muhlenbergia virescens (Kunth) Kunth -
Mexico •
Muhlenbergia virletii (E.Fourn.) Soderstr. -
Mexico •
Muhlenbergia watsoniana Hitchc. -
Mexico •
Muhlenbergia wrightii Vasey ex J.M.Coult. -
Mexico, United States (
Nevada Utah Colorado Arizona New Mexico Texas Texas Kansas) •
Muhlenbergia xanthodas Soderstr. -
Chiapas Numerous species are now considered better suited to other genera, such as
Aegopogon,
Agrostis,
Apera,
Arundinella,
Brachyelytrum,
Calamagrostis,
Cinna,
Dichelachne,
Garnotia,
Limnodea,
Lycurus,
Melinis,
Ortachne,
Sporobolus,
Triniochloa. ==References==