Digitized collections elucidate invasion history and patterns of awn polymorphism in Microstegium vimineum.
Craig F BarrettCynthia D HuebnerZoe A BenderTrezalka A BudinskyCameron W CorbettMaribeth LatvisMichael R McKainM'Kayla MotleySamuel V SkibickiHana L ThixtonMathilda V SanteeAubrey N CumberledgePublished in: American journal of botany (2022)
Our results demonstrate the power of herbarium data to elucidate the invasion history of a problematic weed in North America and, together with genomic data, reveal a possible key trait in introduction success: presence or absence of an awn.