PLANTS Profile for Glyceria obtusa (Atlantic mannagrass)

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PLANTS Profile

Glyceria obtusa (Muhl.) Trin.
Atlantic mannagrass

Symbol:

GLOB

Group:

Monocot

Family:

Poaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Graminoid

Native Status:

L48		N
CAN		N

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Robert H. Mohlenbrock. USDA NRCS. 1995. Northeast wetland flora: Field office guide to plant species. Northeast National Technical Center, Chester. Courtesy of USDA NRCS Wetland Science Institute. Usage Requirements.

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Glyceria obtusa (Muhl.) Trin.

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Synonyms:
Glyceria obtusa (Muhl.) Trin.

PAOB2

Panicularia obtusa (Muhl.) Kuntze

Distribution:
Glyceria obtusa (Muhl.) Trin.


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USA (CT, DC, DE, MA, MD, ME, NC, NH, NJ, NY, PA, RI, SC, VA), CAN (NB, NS)

Related Taxa:
Glyceria obtusa (Muhl.) Trin.

View 338 genera in Poaceae, 18 species in Glyceria

Classification:
Glyceria obtusa (Muhl.) Trin.

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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 obtusa (Muhl.) Trin. – Atlantic mannagrass

Threatened and Endangered Information:
Glyceria obtusa (Muhl.) Trin.

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.

Pennsylvania:
blunt manna-grass		Endangered

Wetland Indicator Status:
Glyceria obtusa (Muhl.) Trin.

Nat. Ind.

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Reg. 0

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Reg. H

OBL

Interpreting Wetland Indicator Status

More Accounts and Images:
Glyceria obtusa (Muhl.) Trin.

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 40832.

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

View species account from Native American Ethnobotany (University of Michigan - Dearborn).

Time Generated: 10/03/2008 11:19 PM MDT