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Muhlenbergia capillaris (Lam.) Trin.
Muhlygrass, Hairawn muhly

Copyright by: Roger L. Hammer

Family: Poaceae

Group: Monocot

Substrate: Terrestrial

Habit: Herb

Perennation: Perennial

Native Range: Eastern and central United States, the West Indies (Cuba, Bahamas, Puerto Rico), Mexico and Central America.

Map of select IRC data for peninsular Florida

IRC SOUTH FLORIDA Status: Secure

SOUTH FLORIDA Occurrence: Present

SOUTH FLORIDA Native Status: Native

SOUTH FLORIDA Cultivated Status: Cultivated

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Synonyms: M. filipes.

Other data on Muhlenbergia capillaris available from :

	Occurrence	Native Status
Muhlenbergia capillaris has been found in the following 95 conservation areas :
A.D. Doug Barnes Park	Present	Native
Babcock Ranch Preserve	Present	Native
Big Cypress National Preserve	Present	Native
Big Torch Hammocks, Florida Keys Wildlife and Environmental Area	Present	Native
Bill Baggs Cape Florida State Park	Present	Native, Cultivated Only
Bill Sadowski Park	Present	Native
Biscayne National Park	Present	Native
Boystown Pineland	Present	Native
Cayo Costa State Park	Present	Native
Cholee Park	Present	Native
Corkscrew Regional Ecosystem Watershed (CREW)	Present	Native
Corkscrew Swamp Sanctuary	Present	Native
Curry Hammock State Park	Reported
Dagny Johnson Key Largo Hammocks Botanical State Park	Present	Native
Deering Estate at Cutler	Present	Native
Delnor-Wiggins Pass State Park	Present	Native
Delray Beach, Lake Ida parcel	Present	Native, Cultivated Only
Don Pedro Island State Park	Present	Native
Doris Davis Forman Wilderness Preserve Natural Area	Present	Native
Dupuis Reserve	Present	Native
Eachus Pineland	Present	Native
Estero Bay Preserve State Park	Present	Native
Everglades and Francis S. Taylor Wildlife Management Area	Present	Native
Everglades National Park	Present	Native
Fakahatchee Strand Preserve State Park	Present	Native
Fern Forest Nature Center	Present	Native
Florida Atlantic University Ecological Site	Present	Native
Florida City Pineland	Present	Native
Florida Panther National Wildlife Refuge	Present	Native
Fred C. Babcock-Cecil M. Webb Wildlife Management Area	Present	Native
Frog Pond/L-31 N Transition Lands	Present	Native
Gold Coast Railroad Museum	Present	Native
Goulds Pineland	Present	Native
Halpatiokee Regional Park	Present	Native
Hawk's Hammock Park	Present	Native
Hickey Creek Mitigation Park Wildlife and Environmental Area	Present	Native
Hillsboro Pineland Natural Area	Present	Native
Hobe Sound National Wildlife Refuge	Present	Native
Hobe Sound Sandhill	Present	Native
Ingram Pineland	Present	Native
J.N. Ding Darling National Wildlife Refuge	Present	Native
J.W. Corbett Wildlife Management Area	Present	Native
Jonathan Dickinson State Park	Present	Native
Juno Dunes Natural Area	Present	Native
Larry and Penny Thompson Park	Present	Native
Lovers Key State Park	Present	Native
Loxahatchee River Natural Area	Present	Native
Loxahatchee Slough Natural Area	Present	Native
Lucille Hammock	Present	Native
Ludlam Pineland	Present	Native
Luis Martinez United States Army Reserve Station, Richmond Pine Rocklands	Present	Native
Middle Torch Hammocks Anderson, Lipchak, 3112 Parcels, Florida Keys Wildlife and Environmental Area	Present	Native
Military Trail Natural Area	Present	Native
Milton E. Thompson Park	Present	Native
Miramar Pineland	Present	Native
National Key Deer Refuge	Present	Native
Navy Wells Pineland 39		Native
Navy Wells Pineland Preserve	Present	Native
Ned Glenn Nature Preserve	Present	Native
Nixon Smiley Pineland Addition	Present	Native
Nixon Smiley Pineland Preserve	Present	Native
Okaloacoochee Slough State Forest, Okaloacoochee Slough Wildlife Management Area	Present	Native
Okaloacoochee Slough Wildlife Management Area - FWC, Okaloacoochee Slough Wildlife Management Area	Present	Native
Oleta River State Park	Present	Native
Pal-Mar	Present	Native
Picayune Strand State Forest	Present	Native
Pine Island Ridge Natural Area	Present	Native
Pine Shore Preserve	Present	Native
Prairie Pines Preserve	Present	Native
Quail Roost Pineland	Present	Native
Railhead Scrub Preserve	Present	Native
Ramrod Hammocks, Florida Keys Wildlife and Environmental Area	Present	Native
Red Reef Park, including Gumbo Limbo Nature Center	Present	Native, Cultivated Only
Rock Pit 39	Present	Native
Rockdale Pineland	Present	Native
Rookery Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve	Present	Native
Royal Palm Beach Pines Natural Area	Present	Native
San Carlos Bay - Bunche Beach Preserve	Present	Native
Seminole Wayside Park	Present	Native
Six Mile Cypress Slough Preserve	Present	Native
SOCSOUTH	Present	Native
South Dade Wetlands	Present	Native
Southern Glades	Present	Native
Stump Pass Beach State Park	Present	Native
Sugarloaf Hammocks, Florida Keys Wildlife and Environmental Area	Present	Native
Sunny Palms Pineland	Present	Native
Tamiami Pineland Complex Addition	Present	Native
Tigertail Beach County Park	Present	Native
Tradewinds Park & Stables	Present	Native
Tree Island Park	Present	Native
Trinity Pineland	Present	Native
Warbler Wetland Natural Area	Present	Native
Wild Turkey Strand Preserve	Present	Native
Yellow Fever Creek Preserve	Present	Native
Zoo Miami	Present	Native

	Occurrence	Native Status
Muhlenbergia capillaris has been found in the following 10 counties :
Broward County		Native
Charlotte County		Native
Collier County		Native
Hendry County		Native
Lee County		Native
Martin County		Native
Miami-Dade County		Native
Monroe County (Keys)		Native
Monroe County (Mainland)		Native
Palm Beach County		Native