genus
Sweet Grasses
Glyceria
Field notes
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- Fowl Mannagrass native
- Reed Meadowgrass introduced
- Water Manna Grass introduced
- Rattlesnake Mannagrass native
- American Manna Grass native
- Plaited Mannagrass present
- Slender Mannagrass native
- Boreal Manna Grass native
- Floating Mannagrass native
- Blunt Mannagrass native
- Low Manna Grass present
- Tufted Tall Mannagrass native
- Sharp-glumed Manna-grass native
- Limp Mannagrass native
- Narrow Manna Grass native
- Arkansas Mannagrass
- Great Smoky Mountain Manna Grass native
- Western Manna Grass
- Mackenzie Valley Mannagrass
- Hybrid Sweet-grass
- Fowl Mannagrass
- Ottawa Mannagrass
- Gatineau Mannagrass
Range
Greener is more native, amber more introduced; paler is less certain. How this was decided
Key traits
- Layer
- Grasses and sedges
- Plant type
- Ornamental grasses and sedges Perennial
From USDA PLANTS.
Top native sweet grasses All
Native to the US, ranked by caterpillars, then bees and other hosts, food, flowers and shelter.
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Rattlesnake Mannagrass
Glyceria canadensis
caterpillars
6
food
3
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American Manna Grass
Glyceria grandis
caterpillars
4
food
4
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Fowl Mannagrass
Glyceria striata
caterpillars
3
food
13
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Floating Mannagrass
Glyceria septentrionalis
caterpillars
3
food
3
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Blunt Mannagrass
Glyceria obtusa
caterpillars
3
food
3
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Slender Mannagrass
Glyceria melicaria
caterpillars
2
food
3
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Boreal Manna Grass
Glyceria borealis
caterpillars
2
food
3
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Limp Mannagrass
Glyceria laxa
caterpillars
2
food
2
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Sharp-glumed Manna-grass
Glyceria acutiflora
caterpillars
1
food
3
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Great Smoky Mountain Manna Grass
Glyceria nubigena
caterpillars
1
food
2
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Tufted Tall Mannagrass
Glyceria elata
food
3
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Narrow Manna Grass
Glyceria leptostachya
food
3