Family: Poaceae
fowl manna grass, fowl meadow grass, ridged glyceria
[Glyceria nervata (Willd.) Trin., more...]
Christopher Noll
Janice Stiefel
University of Wisconsin - Madison (WIS-VP)
Etymology: Glyceria: Greek for "sweet" from taste of the grain
Plants: perennial, 2'-3' tall, semi-aquatic grass
Flowers: blooms July-Aug.
Habitat: full to partial sun; moist to wet; streambanks, woods, bogs, meadows; in sandy, loamy soil
Conservation Status: Native
Plants: perennial, 2'-3' tall, semi-aquatic grass
Flowers: blooms July-Aug.
Habitat: full to partial sun; moist to wet; streambanks, woods, bogs, meadows; in sandy, loamy soil
Conservation Status: Native
Low areas along trails, clearings, and swampy pockets in forests of maple-basswood-pine, white cedar-yellow birch-balsam fir, white cedar-ash, black ash, black ash-silver maple-yellow birch, oak, black ash-green ash-birch-maple, hemlock-yellow birch, elm-silver maple-green ash-swamp white oak, tamarack, sugar maple-beech. Also in alder thickets, lakeshores and lake swales, streams and riverbanks, marshes, along roadsides and railroads, sedge meadows, bedrock beaches, wet fields, wet cliffs, bogs, fens, disturbed wet areas. Common across most of the state, especially in the eastern half.
Flora of North America: Flora of North America Floristic Rating: Coefficient of Conservatism = 4, Wetland Indicator = OBL USDA Plants Database: Federal Distribution and detailed information including photos Grasses of Iowa: Detailed photographs, descriptions, maps Canada Agriculture and Agri-Food
Alberta Government: "The identification of certain native and naturalized grasses by their vegetative characters", S.E. Clarke, J.A. Campbell and W. Shevkenek. 1950.
(Publication no. 762 ; Technical bulletin no. 50). Drawings, descriptions. USDA Agricultural Research Service (ARS): Images of seeds, fruits, embryos, etc.
Alberta Government: "The identification of certain native and naturalized grasses by their vegetative characters", S.E. Clarke, J.A. Campbell and W. Shevkenek. 1950.
(Publication no. 762 ; Technical bulletin no. 50). Drawings, descriptions. USDA Agricultural Research Service (ARS): Images of seeds, fruits, embryos, etc.
Janice Stiefel
Christopher Noll
Christopher Noll
Robert W. Freckmann
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