Participant Info

Species

Glyceria striata [Panicularia striata] [Poa striata] [Glyceria nervata] etc.

Family

Poaceae

CommonName

fowl mannagrass, fowl meadow grass, ridged glyceria

Presence

yes

Status

native

EarliestDate

1896

LatestDate

2014

Ecosystem

basin, foothill, montane, subalpine

Geobotanical

SSawatch, Garitas, SSanjuans, NCristos, UBasin

Counties

Conejos, Mineral, Rio Grande, Saguache, Archuleta

Passes

Elwood

WildlifePreserves

Other Localities

PhotoRecords

Comments

NEED IN SITU PHOTOS. In the Watershed, fowl mannagrass, perennial and cool-season, has been vouchered often, with most of the locations in the western mountain ranges. Glyceria striata prefers mesic habitat—growing in marshy areas and along streams and forest seeps. One location was standing water: Elk Springs, west of the Great Sand Dunes NPP (Saguache Co, 1999). The species has the largest USA distribution of all Glyceria, with locations in all states and the fewest occurrences in the Deep South. G. striata follows the Rio Grande drainage through New Mexico to the western tip of Texas, no farther down stream. Note that distinguising G. striata and G. elata can be problematic.

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