PLANTS Profile for Glyceria melicaria (melic mannagrass)

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Glyceria melicaria (Michx.) F.T. Hubbard
melic mannagrass

Symbol:

GLME2

Group:

Monocot

Family:

Poaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Graminoid

Native Status:

L48		N
CAN		N

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Line Drawing of Glyceria melicaria (Michx.) F.T. Hubbard

Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British Possessions. 3 vols. Charles Scribner's Sons, New York. Vol. 1: 264. Courtesy of Kentucky Native Plant Society. Scanned by Omnitek Inc. Usage Requirements.

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Glyceria melicaria (Michx.) F.T. Hubbard

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Synonyms:
Glyceria melicaria (Michx.) F.T. Hubbard

PAME6

Panicularia melicaria (Michx.) Hitchc.

Distribution:
Glyceria melicaria (Michx.) F.T. Hubbard


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USA (AL, CT, GA, KY, MA, MD, ME, MS, NC, NH, NJ, NY, OH, PA, RI, TN, VA, VT, WV), CAN (NB, NS, ON, QC)

Related Taxa:
Glyceria melicaria (Michx.) F.T. Hubbard

View 341 genera in Poaceae, 18 species in Glyceria

Classification:
Glyceria melicaria (Michx.) F.T. Hubbard

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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 melicaria (Michx.) F.T. Hubbard – melic mannagrass

Wetland Indicator Status:

NOTE: On June 1, 2012, the 2012 National Wetland Plant List superseded the information below (see Federal Register, May 9, 2012, 77(90): 27210-27214[https://federalregister.gov/a/2012-11176]). For updated wetland information about this species, see the latest wetland list.

Glyceria melicaria (Michx.) F.T. Hubbard

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Reg. H

OBL

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More Accounts and Images:
Glyceria melicaria (Michx.) F.T. Hubbard

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

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 40849.

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

View photographs and distribution from University of Tennessee Herbarium.

Time Generated: 01/03/2013 11:47 PM CST