Family: Poaceae
Canada glyceria, Canada manna grass, rattlesnake grass, rattlesnake manna grass
[Panicularia canadensis (Michx.) Kuntze]
Robert W. Freckmann
Emmet J. Judziewicz
University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point, Robert W. Freckmann Herbarium (UWSP)
Etymology: Glyceria: Greek for "sweet" from taste of the grain
Plants: perennial, semi-aquatic grass
Habitat: moist to wet; shores, shallows, marshes, bogs, wet woods
Conservation Status: Native
Plants: perennial, semi-aquatic grass
Habitat: moist to wet; shores, shallows, marshes, bogs, wet woods
Conservation Status: Native
Bogs, sedge meadows, along streams, lakeshores and lake swales, beaver meadows, marshes, ponds, muskegs, prairie swales, alder thickets, cranberry farms, open wet sand, ditches and low areas along railroads, old quarries; wet to mesic forests of tamarack, pine-hemlock-maple, red maple-aspen-pine, black spruce, spruce-balsam fir-hemlock, green ash-river birch-swamp white oak, white cedar-maple-ash. The broad spikelets of this species are distinctive and lend it its common name. Abundant across the northern third of the state and in the Central Sands; rare or absent elsewhere.
Flora of North America: Flora of North America Floristic Rating: Coefficient of Conservatism = 7, Wetland Indicator = OBL USDA Plants Database: Federal Distribution and detailed information including photos University of Wisconsin - Green Bay: Wetland Plants: Photos, descriptions, information USGS - Northern Prairie Wildlife Research Center: Wetland Plants and Plant Communities of Minnesota and Wisconsin
Emmet J. Judziewicz
Matthew L. Wagner
Steve C. Garske
Matthew L. Wagner
Steve C. Garske
Robert W. Freckmann
Robert W. Freckmann
Emmet J. Judziewicz
Matthew L. Wagner
