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Last updated 12/17/2023 by David Giblin.
Glyceria maxima (Hartm.) Holmb.[FNA24, HC2]
tall mannagrass

Publication: Bot. Not. 1919: 97. 1919.

Origin: Introduced from Eurasia

selected vouchers: WTU

Notes: FNA24:"Glyceria maxima is native to Eurasia. It grows in wet areas, including shallow water, at scattered locations in the flora region. It is an excellent fodder grass, and may have been planted deliberately at one time (Dore and McNeill 1980). At some sites, the species appears to be spreading, largely vegetatively. It is easily confused with large specimens of G. grandis, but differs in its firmer, more prow-tipped lemmas as well as its larger lemmas and usually larger anthers."

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