Nimblewill, Nimblegrass

(Muhlenbergia schreberi J.F. Gmel.)

Poaceae (Grass Family)

▲ ▼ mature, flowering plants

▲ ▼ young plants

▲ stolon

Nimblewill:  (pp. 442-443, Weeds of the Great Plains; pp. 62-63, Weeds of the Northeast)

·         warm-season, creeping perennial grass; spreads by rhizomes & stolons

·         likes partly shady to moderately deep shade areas

·         pale green in color; inflorescence is a compressed, very thin panicle

·         turns almost white in cool months when dormant