hairawn muhly
Muhlenbergia capillaris
A genus split is not a placement verdict.
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Hairawn muhly has unsettled fire evidence, although both Texas assessments caution against putting it close to buildings.
The Sun City Texas Firewise Group lists Muhlenbergia capillaris as gulf muhly and gives it a high hazard score. Its scale concerns readiness to sustain burning at high temperature. A rating beyond medium activates the group's warning about planting within a building's nearest five feet.
Travis County makes a separate siting recommendation for the same grass. Its Texas A&M AgriLife Extension guide places gulf muhly among plants to avoid in Zone 1, extending 30 feet out from a structure. Under that system the grass belongs in the second or third zone.
The findings agree about avoiding close placement, despite their different distances. Neither treats hairawn muhly as a suitable planting immediately beside a house. A homeowner following Sun City has a five-foot warning tied to the high rating; someone using the county scheme also has the exclusion from its 30-foot first zone.
- Form
- grass
- Mature height
- ~3 ft
- Water need
- high
- Rated in
- Austin, Texas; Georgetown, Texas
