Plantae > Tracheophyta > Liliopsida > Poales > Poaceae > Glyceria > Glyceria maximaGlyceria maxima (reed mannagrass)Synonyms: Catabrosa hydrophila (homotypic); Exydra aquatica (homotypic); Festuca aquatica (heterotypic); Glyceria altissima; Glyceria aquatica (heterotypic); Glyceria aquatica densiflora; Glyceria aquatica f. lutescens; Glyceria aquatica f. multiflora; Glyceria aquatica f. nigra; Glyceria aquatica f. pauciflora; Glyceria aquatica umbrosa; Glyceria aquatica var. densiflora (homotypic); Glyceria aquatica var. flavescens; Glyceria aquatica var. laxa (homotypic); Glyceria aquatica var. pallens; Glyceria aquatica var. scabra; Glyceria arundinacea; Glyceria maxima f. acuta; Glyceria maxima f. scabra; Glyceria maxima micrantha; Glyceria spectabilis; Glyceria spectabilis f. acuta; Glyceria spectabilis var. acuta; Glyceria spectabilis var. laevis; Glyceria spectabilis var. scabra; Glyceria spectabilis var. vivipara; Heleochloa aquatica (homotypic); Hydrochloa aquatica (homotypic); Hydropoa aquatica; Hydropoa spectabilis; Melica aquatica (heterotypic); Molinia maxima (homotypic); Panicularia aquatica (homotypic); Poa altissima; Poa aquatica (homotypic); Poa aquatica var. vivipara Glyceria maxima (Hartm.) Holmb. (syn. G. aquatica (L.) Wahlenb.; G. spectabilis Mert. & W.D.J. Koch; Molinia maxima Hartm.; Poa aquatica L.), commonly known as Great Manna Grass, Reed Mannagrass, and Reed Sweet-grass, is a species of rhizomatous perennial grasses in the mannagrass genus native to Europe and Western Siberia and growing in wet areas such as riverbanks and ponds. It is highly competitive and invasive and is often considered to be a noxious weed outside its native range. |
Height [1] | 6.56 feet (2 m) |  | Lifespan [1] | Perennial | Structure [3] | Grass |  | Light Preference [2] | Mostly Sunny | Soil Acidity [2] | Neutral | Soil Fertility [2] | Rich | Soil Moisture [2] | Wet |
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Countries |
Ecozone |
Biome |
Species |
Report |
Climate |
Land Use |
Central & Western Europe |
Austria, Belgium, Byelarus, Czech Republic, Denmark, France, Germany, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Poland, Russia, Slovakia, Switzerland, Ukraine, United Kingdom |
Palearctic |
Temperate Floodplain River and Wetlands |
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Eastern Coastal Australia |
Australia |
Australasia |
Tropical and Subtropical Coastal Rivers |
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Northern Baltic Drainages |
Denmark, Finland, Norway, Russia, Sweden |
Palearctic |
Polar Freshwaters |
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Upper Danube |
Austria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Poland, Slovakia, Slovenia, Switzerland |
Palearctic |
Temperate Floodplain River and Wetlands |
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Name |
IUCN Category |
Area acres |
Location |
Species |
Website |
Climate |
Land Use |
Belovezhskaya Pushcha Biosphere Reserve National Park |
II |
218515 |
Belarus |
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Boschi del Ticino |
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50788 |
Italy |
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Breckland |
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18652 |
England, United Kingdom |
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Bullenberger Bach |
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682 |
Germany |
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Carmarthen Bay and Estuaries/ Bae Caerfyrddin ac Aberoedd |
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163340 |
Wales, United Kingdom |
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Carpathian Biosphere Reserve |
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144772 |
Ukraine |
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Dorset Heaths (Purbeck and Wareham) and Studland Dunes |
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5491 |
England, United Kingdom |
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Fenland |
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1529 |
England, United Kingdom |
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Flusslandschaft Elbe Biosphere Reserve |
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925242 |
Germany |
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Galichia Gora Zapovednik |
Ia |
568 |
Lipetsk, Russia |
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Humber Estuary |
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90582 |
England, United Kingdom |
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Isle of Rum National Nature Reserve |
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Scotland, United Kingdom |
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Katmai National Park and Preserve |
Ib |
421782 |
Alaska, United States |
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Khopersky Zapovednik |
Ia |
47103 |
Russia |
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Kluane National Park and Reserve National Park Reserve |
II |
5463436 |
Yukon, Canada |
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Lago di Montepulciano |
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1194 |
Italy |
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Löcknitztal |
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1207 |
Germany |
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Lower Derwent Valley |
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2263 |
England, United Kingdom |
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Niagara Escarpment Biosphere Reserve |
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470167 |
Ontario, Canada |
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North Norfolk Coast |
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7926 |
England, United Kingdom |
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North Somerset and Mendip Bats |
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1387 |
England, United Kingdom |
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North York Moors |
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108930 |
England, United Kingdom |
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Okskiy Biosphere Reserve |
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190748 |
Russia |
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Palava Protected Landscape Area |
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Czech Republic |
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Parco Regionale Oglio Sud |
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9941 |
Italy |
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Risaie della Lomellina |
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76457 |
Italy |
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Salisbury Plain |
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52975 |
England, United Kingdom |
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Severn Estuary/ Môr Hafren |
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182155 |
England/Wales, United Kingdom |
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South Pennine Moors |
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160577 |
England, United Kingdom |
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The Broads |
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14554 |
England, United Kingdom |
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The New Forest |
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72309 |
England, United Kingdom |
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The Wash and North Norfolk Coast |
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266284 |
England, United Kingdom |
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Ukrainskii Stepnoi Zapovednik Nature Zapovednik |
Ia |
2920 |
Ukraine |
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Verlorenwasserbach |
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1161 |
Germany |
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Voronezhskiy Biosphere Reserve |
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95835 |
Russia |
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Vuntut National Park |
II |
1076795 |
Yukon, Canada |
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Zhuvintas Zapovednik |
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18223 |
Lithuania |
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Attributes / relations provided by ♦ 1PLANTATT - Attributes of British and Irish Plants: Status, Size, Life History, Geography and Habitats, M. O. Hill, C. D. Preston & D. B. Roy, Biological Records Centre, NERC Centre for Ecology and Hydrology (2004) ♦ 2ECOFACT 2a Technical Annex - Ellenberg’s indicator values for British Plants, M O Hill, J O Mountford, D B Roy & R G H Bunce (1999) ♦ 3Kattge, J. et al. (2011b) TRY - a global database of plant traits Global Change Biology 17:2905-2935 ♦ 4Jorrit H. Poelen, James D. Simons and Chris J. Mungall. (2014). Global Biotic Interactions: An open infrastructure to share and analyze species-interaction datasets. Ecological Informatics. ♦ 5Biological Records Centre Database of Insects and their Food PlantsEcoregions provided by World Wide Fund For Nature (WWF). WildFinder: Online database of species distributions, ver. 01.06 Wildfinder Database |
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0
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