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Glyceria canadensis (Michx.) Trin. var. canadensis[FNA24, HC2]
rattlesnake mannagrass

Publication: Mém. Acad. Imp. Sci. St.-Pétersbourg, Sér. 6, Sci. Math. 1(4): 366. 1830.

Origin: Introduced from central and eastern North America

selected vouchers: WTU

Notes: FNA24: "Glyceria canadensis is an attractive native species that grows in swamps, bogs, lakeshore marshes, and wet woods throughout much of eastern North America, extending from eastern Saskatchewan to Newfoundland, Illinois, and northeastern Tennessee. It is now established in western North America, having been introduced as a weed in cranberry farms. It forms sterile hybrids with G. striata; the hybrids are called G. ×ottawensis Bowden. For further comments, see the description of Glyceria striata."

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