Tridens muticus
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Tridens muticus is a species of grass
known by the common name slim tridens. It is native to Mexico and the southwestern quadrant of the United States, where it grows several types of habitat, including plateau and desert, woodlands, sagebrush, plains, and other areas with dry sandy and clay soils.
It is a perennial grass forming a thick tuft with a knotted base and rhizome
. It reaches a maximum height of 50 to 80 centimeters. The panicle
has short branches appressed to the others, making the inflorescence narrow. The florets are generally purple in color.
This plant uses C4 carbon fixation
as its method of energy metabolism.
Poaceae
The Poaceae is a large and nearly ubiquitous family of flowering plants. Members of this family are commonly called grasses, although the term "grass" is also applied to plants that are not in the Poaceae lineage, including the rushes and sedges...
known by the common name slim tridens. It is native to Mexico and the southwestern quadrant of the United States, where it grows several types of habitat, including plateau and desert, woodlands, sagebrush, plains, and other areas with dry sandy and clay soils.
It is a perennial grass forming a thick tuft with a knotted base and rhizome
Rhizome
In botany and dendrology, a rhizome is a characteristically horizontal stem of a plant that is usually found underground, often sending out roots and shoots from its nodes...
. It reaches a maximum height of 50 to 80 centimeters. The panicle
Panicle
A panicle is a compound raceme, a loose, much-branched indeterminate inflorescence with pedicellate flowers attached along the secondary branches; in other words, a branched cluster of flowers in which the branches are racemes....
has short branches appressed to the others, making the inflorescence narrow. The florets are generally purple in color.
This plant uses C4 carbon fixation
C4 carbon fixation
C4 carbon fixation is one of three biochemical mechanisms, along with and CAM photosynthesis, used in carbon fixation. It is named for the 4-carbon molecule present in the first product of carbon fixation in these plants, in contrast to the 3-carbon molecule products in plants. fixation is an...
as its method of energy metabolism.