Glyceria

Plant Characteristics

Habit		grass

Cultivation

Scientific Names

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Glyceria is a genus of grasses known commonly as mannagrass or (in the UK) sweet-grass. These are perennial rhizomatous grasses found in wet areas in temperate regions worldwide. The base of the grass grows along the ground and may root at several places. Then it grows erect and bears leaf blades which may be flat or folded. The panicle inflorescences nod when heavy. Some mannagrasses are considered weeds while others are endangered in their native habitats.

Read about Glyceria in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture

Glyceria (Greek, glukeros, sweet). Gramineae. Marsh perennials with open (or rarely contracted) panicles, sometimes grown for ornament. Spikelets few- to many-fld.; lemmas convex, firm, with a scarious margin or apex, usually obtuse, awnless, prominently 5-9-nerved.—Species about 16 in temperate regions of both hemispheres. CH The above text is from the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture. It may be out of date, but still contains valuable and interesting information which can be incorporated into the remainder of the article. Click on "Collapse" in the header to hide this text.

Species

• Glyceria acutiflora - creeping mannagrass
• Glyceria alnasteretum - Aleutian mannagrass
• Glyceria arkansana - Arkansas mannagrass
• Glyceria borealis - northern mannagrass
• Glyceria canadensis - rattlesnake mannagrass, Canadian mannagrass
• Glyceria declinata - waxy mannagrass, low glyceria, small sweet-grass
• Glyceria elata - tall mannagrass
• Glyceria fluitans - water mannagrass, floating sweet-grass
• Glyceria grandis - American mannagrass
• Glyceria laxa - limp mannagrass
• Glyceria leptostachya - davy mannagrass, narrow mannagrass
• Glyceria lithuanica - Lithuanian mannagrass
• Glyceria maxima - reed mannagrass, English watergrass, reed sweet-grass
• Glyceria melicaria - melic mannagrass
• Glyceria notata - marked glyceria, plicate sweet-grass
• Glyceria nubigena - Great Smoky Mountain mannagrass
• Glyceria obtusa - Atlantic mannagrass
• Glyceria occidentalis - northwestern mannagrass
• Glyceria pulchella - MacKenzie Valley mannagrass, beautiful glyceria
• Glyceria septentrionalis - floating mannagrass
• Glyceria striata - fowl mannagrass, ridged glyceria

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External links

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