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§1 Plant

Glyceria striata (Lam.) Hitchc.

vernacular fowl mannagrass — species · Poaceae


USDA
GLST
GBIF
2705503
Rank
species
fowl mannagrass (Glyceria striata)
Platephotograph · Jason HollingerCC BY source · iNaturalist ↗

§2Habit & range

Habit and range

Growth habit
Graminoid
Duration
Perennial
Group
Monocot
Family
Poaceae Barnhart
Genus
Glyceria
§2a

Native status, by region

  • AK Alaska Native
  • CAN Canada Native
  • L48 Lower 48 States Native
  • SPM St. Pierre & Miquelon Native
§2b

County-level range

· 1,428 counties across 41 states/territories
Legend Native · 1428 Introduced · 0 Both · 0 Hover a county for detail.

§3Cultivation specs · USDA

Recorded by the USDA Plant Materials Program.

§3a

Tolerances

Drought
Low
Shade
Low
Moisture use
Medium
Fire
Low
Salinity
None
Anaerobic
High
CaCO₃
Medium
Hedging
None
§3b

Climate & soil

Cold tolerance
-35 °F minimum
Frost-free days
100 min.
Precipitation
10–60 in/yr
pH range
4–8
Root depth
4 in min.
Fertility need
Medium
Soil texture
medium, fine
§3c

Form & growth

Growth form
Rhizomatous
Growth rate
Moderate
Lifespan
Short
Mature height
5.7 ft
Foliage texture
Fine
Foliage colour
Green
Porosity (summer)
Moderate
Porosity (winter)
Porous
Flower colour
Green
Fruit colour
Red
Fire resistant
No
N fixation
None
Toxicity
None
§3d

Reproduction

Bloom period
Early Summer
Seed abundance
Medium
Seed begins
Spring
Seed ends
Fall
Spread rate
Moderate
Stratify
No
Propagation
sprigs
§3e

Use & availability

Commercial availability
Routinely Available
Nursery stock
No
Browse palatability
Low
Graze palatability
High
Palatable, human
No
Protein potential
Medium
Lumber
No
Christmas tree
No

§4Counties, by state

Recorded in 1,428 counties across 41 states/territories.

Alabama view state ↗ 19 N
Alaska view state ↗ 5 N
Arizona view state ↗ 8 N
Arkansas view state ↗ 22 N
Colorado view state ↗ 33 N
Delaware view state ↗ 2 N
District of Columbia view state ↗ 1 N
Florida view state ↗ 3 N
Georgia view state ↗ 23 N
Illinois view state ↗ 102 N
Indiana view state ↗ 84 N
Iowa view state ↗ 33 N
Kansas view state ↗ 41 N
Kentucky view state ↗ 79 N
Louisiana view state ↗ 2 N
Maine view state ↗ 15 N
Massachusetts view state ↗ 14 N
Michigan view state ↗ 70 N
Minnesota view state ↗ 74 N
Mississippi view state ↗ 7 N
Missouri view state ↗ 79 N
Montana view state ↗ 6 N
Nebraska view state ↗ 28 N
New Hampshire view state ↗ 10 N
New Jersey view state ↗ 19 N
New Mexico view state ↗ 15 N
New York view state ↗ 61 N
North Carolina view state ↗ 68 N
North Dakota view state ↗ 24 N
Ohio view state ↗ 81 N
Oklahoma view state ↗ 9 N
Pennsylvania view state ↗ 66 N
Rhode Island view state ↗ 4 N
South Carolina view state ↗ 26 N
South Dakota view state ↗ 12 N
Tennessee view state ↗ 64 N
Texas view state ↗ 9 N
Vermont view state ↗ 13 N
Virginia view state ↗ 94 N
West Virginia view state ↗ 37 N
Wisconsin view state ↗ 66 N

§5Sources & provenance

USDA PLANTS

Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.

plants.usda.gov/GLST ↗

GBIF Backbone

Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.

gbif.org/species/2705503 ↗

Record version

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