(Bearskin Fescue)
(sheep's fescue)
5928x Miscanthus sinensis 'Gracillimus'
(Chinese silvergrass)
5657x Festuca cinerea
(blue fescue)
5371x Deschampsia caespitosa
(tufted hair grass)
5265x Carex grayi
(Gray's sedge)
5232x Miscanthus sinensis 'Silberfeder'
(silvergrass)
5224x Miscanthus sinensis 'Purpurescens'
(silvergrass)
4903x Miscanthus sinensis 'Strictus'
(silvergrass)
4662x Pennisetum alopecuroides 'Hameln'
(fountaingrass)
 Glyceria maxima (HARTM.) HOLMB. (reed mannagrass) | |
| Synonym: Glyceria aquatica, Glyceria spectabilis, Poa aquatica, | |
| Other Names: reed sweetgrass, reed meadow grass, | |
| German: Wasser-Schwaden | Czech: zblochan vodní |
| Genus: Glyceria | Family: Poaceae, |
| Mature Height: 0.60 m | Bloom in: VII, VIII, |
| Soil Preferred: wet, nutritive, | Light Required:  |
| Other Attributes: grass, type of inflorescence - panicle, | |
Plants of Genus Glyceria:
- 01) Glyceria maxima (HARTM.) HOLMB. (reed mannagrass), Ger: Wasser-Schwaden, Czech: zblochan vodní
- 02) Glyceria maxima 'Variegata' (reed mannagrass), Ger: Wasser-Schwaden, Czech: zblochan vodní
Index:
External links:
Michigan State University Extension: Glyceria maxima Variegata--Manna GrassUSDA PLANTS: Glyceria maxima (reed mannagrass)
WIKIPEDIA: File:Liesgras bloeiwijze Glyceria maxima.jpg
WIKIPEDIA: File:Liesgras planten Glyceria maxima.jpg
WIKIPEDIA: Glyceria maxima
Wisflora: Glyceria maxima (Hartm.) Holmb.
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