PLANTS Profile for Glyceria grandis (American mannagrass)

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PLANTS Profile

Glyceria grandis S. Watson
American mannagrass

Symbol:

GLGR

Group:

Monocot

Family:

Poaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Graminoid

Native Status:

L48		N
AK		N
CAN		N
SPM		N

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Jose Hernandez. Provided by ARS Systematic Botany and Mycology Laboratory. United States. Usage Requirements.

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Glyceria grandis S. Watson

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Distribution:
Glyceria grandis S. Watson


View Native Status

See U.S. county distributions (when available) by clicking on the map or the linked states below:
USA (AK, AZ, CA, CO, CT, DE, IA, ID, IL, IN, MA, MD, ME, MI, MN, MS, MT, NC, ND, NE, NH, NJ, NM, NV, NY, OH, OR, PA, RI, SD, TN, UT, VA, VT, WA, WI, WV, WY), CAN (AB, BC, MB, NB, NF, NS, NT, ON, PE, QC, SK, YT), FRA (SPM)

Related Taxa:
Glyceria grandis S. Watson

View 338 genera in Poaceae, 18 species in Glyceria or click below on a thumbnail map or name for species profiles.

Glyceria grandis var. grandis
American mannagrass

Glyceria grandis var. komarovii
American mannagrass

Native

Introduced

Classification:
Glyceria grandis S. Watson

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Kingdom	Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision	Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division	Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class	Liliopsida – Monocotyledons
Subclass	Commelinidae
Order	Cyperales
Family	Poaceae – Grass family
Genus	Glyceria R. Br. – mannagrass
Species	Glyceria grandis S. Watson – American mannagrass

Threatened and Endangered Information:
Glyceria grandis S. Watson

This plant is listed by the U.S. federal government or a state. Common names are from state and federal lists. Click on a place name to get a complete protected plant list for that location.

Indiana:
American manna-grass		Extirpated
Maryland:
American mannagrass		Endangered
New Jersey:
American manna grass		Endangered
Tennessee:
American mannagrass		Possibly Extirpated, Endangered

More Accounts and Images:
Glyceria grandis S. Watson

View photographs from CalPhotos.

View species account and distribution map from the Grass Manual on the Web.

View species account from ARS Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN).

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 502812.

View species account and distribution map from Jepson Interchange (University of California - Berkeley).

View species account from Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center Native Plant Information Network (NPIN).

View species account and photographs from University of Wisconsin - Stevens Point Freckmann Herbarium.

Related Web Sites:
Glyceria grandis S. Watson

WV-Identification of Common Grasses (line drawings of collar area)

Time Generated: 10/21/2008 12:45 AM MDT