familyPoaceae
subfamilyPoaceae subfam. Chloridoideae
tribePoaceae tribe Cynodonteae
genusMunroa
speciesMunroa squarrosa

Munroa squarrosa

(Nutt.) Torr.
Jesus Valdes-Reyna
Common names: False buffalograss
Synonyms: Monroa squarrosa
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 25. Treatment on page 51.
Please click on the illustration for a higher resolution version.
Illustrator: Karen Klitz, Linda A. Vorobik

Copyright: Utah State University

Stolons slender. Culms 3-15 (30) cm, highly branched, scabrous, often minutely puberulent. Ligules 0.5 (1) mm; blades 1-5 cm long, 1-2.5 mm wide. Spikelets 6-8 (10) mm, with 3-5 florets. Glumes of first 1-2 spikelets subequal, 2.5-4.2 mm, narrow, 1-veined, acute; glumes of upper spikelets unequal, lower glumes reduced or even absent in the terminal spikelets; lemmas in lower spikelets scabridulous, lanceolate, midvein excurrent, forming a stout, scabrous 0.5-2 mm awn, lateral-veins with a tuft of hairs on the margins near midlength, excurrent; anthers 1-1.5 mm. 2n = 16.

Distribution

Alta., Man., Sask., Colo., N.Mex., Tex., Utah, Calif., Minn., Kans., N.Dak., Nebr., Okla., S.Dak., Mont., Wyo., Ariz., Oreg., Nev.

Discussion

Munroa squarrosa grows in dry, open areas, usually in sandy soil or disturbed sites, from Saskatchewan and Alberta south to Chihuahua, Mexico.

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

None.

"decumbent" is not a number.

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2n chromosome quantity
16 +
Abaxial ligule presence
absent +
Abaxial ligule quantity
common +
Adaxial cell presence
absent +
Adaxial cell shape
bulliform +
Adaxial cell structure in adjective form
stomatal +
Adaxial ligule architecture or pubescence or shape
ciliate +
Adaxial ligule length or size
longer +
Adaxial ligule presence
absent +
Adaxial ligule texture
membranous +
Anther coloration
yellow +
Anther quantity
3 +  and 2 +
Anther some measurement
0.1 cm1 mm <br />0.001 m <br /> (0.15 cm1.5 mm <br />0.0015 m <br />) +
Apex architecture
excurrent +  and 3-veined +
Apex position
midlength +
Apex shape
2-lobed +, emarginate +  and pointed +
Apex texture
coriaceous +  and membranous +
Apical cell height or length or size
short +
Apical cell width
Wide (?) +
Arm cell anatomy
kranz +
Arm cell presence
absent +
Auricle presence
absent +
Author
Jesus Valdes-Reyna +
Authority
(Nutt.) Torr. +
Awn atypical quantity
1 (?) +  and 3 (?) +
Awn fragility or size
stout +
Awn orientation
arising +
Awn pubescence or relief
scabrous +
Awn quantity
multiple +, , +  and single +
Awn some measurement
0.05 cm0.5 mm <br />5.0e-4 m <br /> (0.2 cm2 mm <br />0.002 m <br />) +
Back shape
keeled +  and rounded +
Base architecture
pseudopetiolate +  and branching +
Base arrangement
close +
Base fusion
not fused +
Base position
intravaginal +, extravaginal +, branching +  and basal +
Base size
swelling +
Base texture
membranous +
Base width
thick +
Blade architecture
not pseudopetiolate +
Blade architecture or arrangement
radiate +
Blade arrangement or course or shape
linear +
Blade length
1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br /> (5 cm50 mm <br />0.05 m <br />) +
Blade position
adaxial +
Blade pubescence
pubescent +  and glabrous +
Blade shape
folded +  and flat +
Blade shape or vernation
involute +
Blade width
0.1 cm1 mm <br />0.001 m <br /> (0.25 cm2.5 mm <br />0.0025 m <br />) +
Branch prominence
hidden +
Branch quantity
1;many +
Branch shape
spikelike +
Caryopsis shape
compressed +
Cell shape
triangular +  and dome--shaped +
Cilium architecture or pubescence or shape
ciliate +
Cilium length or size
sometimes longer +
Cilium texture
membranous +
Column quantity
single +
Common name
False buffalograss +
Culm architecture
branched +
Culm architecture or arrangement or growth form
solitary +
Culm atypical some measurement
30 +
Culm duration
annual +
Culm growth form
climbing +
Culm growth form or location
floating +
Culm life cycle
new +
Culm orientation
ascending +  and erect +
Culm pubescence
puberulent +
Culm pubescence or relief
scabrous +
Culm some measurement
3 cm30 mm <br />0.03 m <br /> (15 cm150 mm <br />0.15 m <br />) +
Culm texture
not woody +
Distal floret size
reduced +
Distribution
Alta. +, Man. +, Sask. +, Colo. +, N.Mex. +, Tex. +, Utah +, Calif. +, Minn. +, Kans. +, N.Dak. +, Nebr. +, Okla. +, S.Dak. +, Mont. +, Wyo. +, Ariz. +, Oreg. +  and Nev. +
Embryo architecture or shape
cleft +
Embryo presence
absent +
Embryo shape
not waisted +
Embryo size
large +
Endosperm texture
hard +
Filament shape
capillary +
Floret architecture
pistillate +  and staminate +
Floret arrangement
adjacent +
Floret height or length or size
shorter +
Floret length or size
sometimes longer +
Floret quantity
3 +  and 5 +
Floret reproduction
bisexual +  and fertile +
Floret shape
round +  and compressed +
Floret size
reduced +
Fusoid cell presence
absent +
Genus quantity
1 +
Glume architecture
1-veined +
Glume architecture or shape
awned +
Glume height or length or size
shorter +
Glume length or size
shorter or longer +
Glume position
subtending +
Glume quantity
2 +
Glume shape
acute +
Glume size or width
narrow +
Glume some measurement
0.25 cm2.5 mm <br />0.0025 m <br /> (0.42 cm4.2 mm <br />0.0042 m <br />) +
Group quantity
3 +
Hair quantity
lacking +
Hair relief
coarse +
Hair shape
uncinate +
Hilum arrangement or course or shape
linear +
Hilum coloration or relief
punctate +
Hilum height or length or size
short +
Illustration
Present +
Illustration copyright
Utah State University +
Illustrator
Linda A. Vorobik +  and Karen Klitz +
Inflorescence architecture
pistillate +
Inflorescence arrangement
paniculate +  and racemose +
Inflorescence fusion
distinct +
Inflorescence position
axillary +
Inflorescence position or structure subtype
terminal +
Internode architecture
hollow +  and solid +
Internode shape
elongate +
Lateral-vein architecture
excurrent +
Lateral-vein position
midlength +
Lateral-vein shape
2-lobed +  and emarginate +
Lateral-vein texture
coriaceous +  and membranous +
Layer presence
not absent +
Leaf arrangement
distichous +
Leaf margin arrangement
Overlapping (?) +
Leaf position
basal +
Lemma architecture
5-veined +, 7-13-veined +  and 1-3-veined +
Lemma architecture or shape
awned +
Lemma shape
lanceolate +
Ligule atypical some measurement
1 +
Ligule length or size
sometimes longer +
Ligule presence
absent +
Ligule some measurement
0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br /> (?) +
Lodicule architecture or shape
truncate +
Lodicule presence
absent +
Lodicule prominence
inconspicuous +
Lodicule quantity
2 +
Lower floret architecture
pistillate +
Lower floret reproduction
bisexual +
Lower glume presence
absent +
Lower glume size
reduced +
Lower spikelet relief
scabridulous +
Margin coloration
white +
Margin size or width
thickened +
Marginal hair arrangement
adjacent +
Marginal hair fragility
stiff +
Marginal hair relief
coarse +
Microhair presence
absent +
Midrib architecture
simple +
Midvein architecture
excurrent +
Node prominence
concealed +  and prominent +
Number of lower taxa
0 +
Other quantity
2 +  and 1 +
Ovary pubescence
glabrous +
Palea architecture or pubescence or relief
smooth +
Palea pubescence
glabrous +
Palea shape
keeled +
Panicle architecture
simple +
Panicle architecture or shape
capitate +
Panicle branch height or length or size
short +
Pericarp architecture or fragility
loose +
Pericarp arrangement
separating +
Pericarp condition or texture
dry +
Pericarp fusion
free +
Pericarp texture
dry +  and fleshy +
Raceme shape
spikelike +
Rachis prominence
evident +
Reference
None +
Sheath architecture
open +
Sheath condition
closed +
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Spikelet architecture
pedicellate +  and subsessile +
Spikelet architecture or arrangement or growth form
solitary +
Spikelet atypical some measurement
10 +
Spikelet fixation
attached +
Spikelet glume size
unequal +
Spikelet position or shape
distal +
Spikelet presence
absent +
Spikelet quantity
1 +  and 2 +
Spikelet reproduction
sterile +
Spikelet shape
compressed +
Spikelet size
subequal +
Spikelet some measurement
0.6 cm6 mm <br />0.006 m <br /> (0.8 cm8 mm <br />0.008 m <br />) +
Stamen quantity
1 +  and 3 +
Starch-grain architecture
compound +  and simple +
Starch-grain presence
absent +
Stolon size
slender +
Stolon some measurement
2 cm20 mm <br />0.02 m <br /> (8 cm80 mm <br />0.08 m <br />) +
Style-branch architecture
barbellate +
Style-branch atypical quantity
3 +
Style-branch quantity
2 (?) +
Style-branch shape
elongate +
Style arrangement
separate +
Style quantity
2 +
Subtending bract architecture
leafy +
Synonyms
Monroa squarrosa +
Taxon architecture
staminate +
Taxon family
Poaceae +
Taxon name
Munroa squarrosa +
Taxon parent
Munroa +
Taxon rank
species +
Taxon reproduction
dioecious +
Terminal floret reproduction
sterile +
Tissue coloration
hyaline +
Tissue texture
membranous +
Tuft pubescence
pilose +
Upper glume presence
absent +
Upper glume size
reduced +
Vein presence
absent +
Vein quantity
7 (?) +  and 13 (?) +
Vein size
major +
Volume
Volume 25 +
Whole organism architecture
stoloniferous +
Whole organism arrangement or pubescence
tufted +
Whole organism duration
annual +
Whole organism growth form
plant +  and mat-forming +
Whole organism growth form or habitat
aquatic +  and terrestrial +
Whole organism reproduction
dioecious +, monoecious +  and synoecious +
Whole organism variability
varied +
X chromosome atypical quantity
12 +
X chromosome quantity
8 +  and 7 +