Family: Poaceae

High Risk Traits:

• Tolerates a wide range of climates and elevations (environmentally versatile)
  
• Can survive in subtropical climates
  
• Other Muhlenbergia species are documented to be invasive weeds
  
• Tolerates many soil conditions (and potentially able to exploit many different habitat types)
  
• Tolerates fire and could increase fire risks
  
• Can form almost pure ground cover in native range (could exclude other species)
  
• Reproduces by seeds and vegetatively via rhizomes
  
• Seeds likely dispersed by water, and possibly wind

Low Risk Traits:

• No records of naturalization outside widespread native range
  
• Evidence of weediness unconfirmed
  
• Non-toxic and palatable to grazing animals when young
  
• Landscaping and ornamental value
  
• Ethnobotanical uses (baskets, corn meal) for Native Americans
  
• Genus Muhlenbergia susceptible to herbicides