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Glyceria melicaria
Also called Long Mannagrass, Northeastern Mannagrass, Slender Mannagrass
Melic mannagrass is a slender perennial grass native to wet woods, swamps and stream edges in eastern North America. It is grown mainly as a moisture-loving native for wet or boggy garden areas, and the key is keeping its roots constantly moist.
Glyceria melicaria, the melic mannagrass or northeastern mannagrass, is a perennial grass found in the eastern United States. Its specific epithet melicaria means "similar to Melica". Its diploid number is 40.
Glyceria melicaria grows in wet soils, swamps, and wet forests from New Brunswick to Ontario and south into Illinois and the northeastern United States, as well as down into the Appalachian Mountains as far south as northern Georgia.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Glyceria melicaria by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.
The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
