Muhlenbergia cuspidata (Toff.).
Plains Muhly

Habit: 		Densely tufted perennial with hard bulblike scaly bases.
Culms: 		Slender, wiry, 20-40 cm. tall, glabrous, erect in dense tufts.
Blades: 	2.5-10 cm. long, less than 2 mm. wide, erect or ascending, flat or
		involute-setaceous at least when dry.
Ligule: 	Minute.
Inflorescence: 	A narrow, contracted, somewhat spikelike, loosely flowered
		panicle 5-10 cm. long, 1-flowered, flower perfect, disarticulating above the glumes.
Glumes: 	Subequal, acuminate-cuspidate, about 2 mm. long.
Lemmas: 	Somewhat rigid, enclosing the palea, acuminate-cuspidate, minutely pubescent, 3-nerved.
Palea: 		Thin, subequal.
Fruit: 		Grain closely enveloped by the lemma.
Habitat: 	Dry soil in prairies, stony slopes. July-September.
Kansas Range:	East three fifths.
Use: 		Forage in prairies.
Synonyms:	Muhlenbergia brevifolia (Nutt.) M.E. Jones