Lindheimer’s muhly
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Another thing I saw at the Doeskin Ranch in Burnet County on November 18th was Lindheimer’s muhly, Muhlenbergia lindheimeri, which the website of the Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center offers more information about. You may remember another species of Muhlenbergia that appeared here recently, and you can probably tell that the color in the background of today’s photograph came from some prairie flameleaf sumac, Rhus lanceolata.
© 2013 Steven Schwartzman
Lady Bird Johnson. 🙂
sedge808
December 23, 2013 at 6:08 AM
I take it the name strikes you as amusing. You can read more about Lady Bird Johnson at:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lady_Bird_Johnson
Steve Schwartzman
December 23, 2013 at 7:31 AM
Too early and cold to say much. I don’t generally talk much when it is in the negative digits. Now it is -0.5˚. Maybe it will warm up and I can talk more.
Jim in IA
December 23, 2013 at 6:09 AM
It’s cold here too, but that’s still 35° above what you mentioned.
Steve Schwartzman
December 23, 2013 at 8:02 AM
Ahhh…although in the background today the lovely red of sumac continues through your posts.
georgettesullinsg
December 23, 2013 at 6:31 AM
Even though today’s photo is from five weeks ago, as recently as last week I saw a sumac that still had some colorful leaves. Those trees turn colors at different times, so there’s usually more than a month to enjoy them. I have at least one more sumac picture scheduled, and at least one more fall foliage picture from another source.
Steve Schwartzman
December 23, 2013 at 8:05 AM
As we only have one species of Muhlenbergia (M. capillaris) here in Florida I was curious about the difference between that species and M. lindheimeri. When I went to the Flora of North America I was amazed to find: “Muhlenbergia is primarily a genus of the Western Hemisphere. It has approximately 155 species. Sixty-nine of the 70 species treated here are native to the Flora region.”
I always enjoy your posts because they expose me to species that are outside my normal range.
John Bradford
December 23, 2013 at 7:20 AM
Most of my life I’d never heard of Muhlenbergia or muhly grass, but as you point out, there are some 155 species of it: talk about prolific. It’s fun to keep learning, world without end. From what I gather in general and from your Treasure Coast Natives blog in particular, you have all sorts of appealing native flora and fauna in Florida because of your warm climate and plentiful rainfall. One of these days I’ll have to go exploring there.
Steve Schwartzman
December 23, 2013 at 10:15 AM
A lot of our native species migrated from Texas many, many ages ago. If you get over this way I’ll be glad to show you around our conservation areas.
John Bradford
December 23, 2013 at 10:36 AM
Thanks. That’s something I’d enjoy.
Steve Schwartzman
December 23, 2013 at 11:39 AM
Only now does it strike me that the curve of the grasses echo the curve of the prairie hills. Lovely, lovely photo.
And I noticed the addition to the “information” section of your sidebar. I did a little exploring – surely you know which of the photos I’ll purchase first!
shoreacres
December 23, 2013 at 9:50 AM
You are perceptive: that unobtrusive addition to the Information section has been there only a few days. If I try to read your mind I see a jolly green giant of sorts.
Steve Schwartzman
December 23, 2013 at 11:37 AM
Perceptive on your part. I admire all your flowers and am awed by some, but I fell in love with the big green guy and he comes first.There’s no accounting for taste, I suppose.
shoreacres
December 23, 2013 at 4:53 PM
wunderschönes farbspiel
(She finds a wonderful interplay of colors here.)
marthalisek
December 23, 2013 at 2:52 PM
Danke, Martha.
Steve Schwartzman
December 23, 2013 at 2:56 PM
I’ve been tempted to get into the grasses, but it’s so diverse. Great DOF here.
Maria F.
December 25, 2013 at 8:25 PM
Yes, the grasses can be hard to distinguish, so I feel happy that I’ve learned to recognize a few of them. The shallow depth of field served to isolate a couple of the grass arcs and suppress the detail in the colorful sumac background.
Steve Schwartzman
December 25, 2013 at 9:13 PM