Glyceria notata

Chevall.
Common names: Marked glyceria
Synonyms: Glyceria plicata
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 24. Treatment on page 87.
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Plants perennial. Culms 25-80 cm, rooting at the nodes. Sheaths usually scabridulous or hirtellous; ligules 2-8 mm; blades 5-30 cm long, 3-11 (14) mm wide, abaxial surfaces scabrous, adaxial surfaces sometimes scabridulous to scabrous, sometimes sparsely hairy, sometimes papillose. Panicles 10-45 cm; branches 2-5 per node, eventually widely spreading; branches to 12 cm, with 5-15 (19) spikelets; pedicels 1-6 mm. Spikelets 10-25 mm long, 1.5-3 mm wide, cylindrical and terete except slightly laterally compressed at anthesis, rectangular in side view, with 7-16 florets. Glumes obtuse to rounded; lower glumes 1-2.5 mm; upper glumes 2.5-4.5 mm; lemmas 3.5-5 mm, the submarginal veins often longer than those adjacent to the midvein, veins scabridulous, smooth or scabridulous between the veins, apices truncate to rounded, crenulate; paleas from slightly shorter to slightly longer than the lemmas, keels winged distally, apices bifid, teeth about 0.2 mm; anthers 0.8-1.5 mm. Caryopses 1.5-2.5 mm. 2n = 40.

Discussion

Glyceria notata is a Eurasian species that has been reported from scattered locations in the Flora region; the reports have not been verified. In Europe, G. notata grows in rich, organic, wet soils, often near G. fluitans, with which it hybridizes. It is more tolerant of trampling than G. fluitans.

There is no single morphological characteristic that separates Glyceria notata from G. septentrionalis and G. leptostachya. It more frequently has lemmas with short veins adjacent to the midvein than the other two species, is more frequently smooth between the veins, more frequently has scabridulous leaf sheath, and tends to have more spikelets on its branches. The limited cpDNA data indicate that the three are distinct taxa (Whipple et al. [in press]). An intensive examination of the three species is needed.

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

None.

"decumbent" is not a number.

... more about "Glyceria notata"
membranous +  and scarious +
papillose +, scabridulous to scabrous +  and scabridulous +
0.08 cm0.8 mm <br />8.0e-4 m <br /> (0.15 cm1.5 mm <br />0.0015 m <br />) +
crenulate +, truncate +  and rounded +
Mary E. Barkworth +  and Laurel K. Anderton +
Chevall. +
1 (?) +  and 3 (?) +
basal +  and apical +
keeled +  and rounded +
pseudopetiolate +  and branching +
persistent +
intravaginal +, extravaginal +, branching +  and basal +
swelling +
5 cm50 mm <br />0.05 m <br /> (30 cm300 mm <br />0.3 m <br />) +
folded +  and flat +
0.3 cm3 mm <br />0.003 m <br /> (1.1 cm11 mm <br />0.011 m <br />) +
0 cm0 mm <br />0 m <br /> (12 cm120 mm <br />0.12 m <br />) +
0 cm0 mm <br />0 m <br /> (20 cm200 mm <br />0.2 m <br />) +
Marked glyceria +
decumbent +  and erect +
25 cm250 mm <br />0.25 m <br /> (80 cm800 mm <br />0.8 m <br />) +
not woody +
N.C. +, Conn. +, N.J. +, N.Y. +, Wash. +, W.Va. +, Del. +, D.C +, Wis. +, Ariz. +, N.Mex. +, Pacific Islands (Hawaii) +, Mass. +, Maine +, N.H. +, R.I. +, Vt. +, Fla. +, Wyo. +, Tex. +, La. +, Iowa +, Minn. +, Oreg. +, Tenn. +, S.C. +, Pa. +, Ill. +, Ind. +, Md. +, Mich. +, Miss. +, Mont. +, N.Dak. +, Nebr. +, S.Dak. +, Utah +, Okla. +, Calif. +, Nev. +, Va. +, Colo. +, Alta. +, B.C. +, Man. +, N.B. +, Nfld. and Labr. +, N.S. +, N.W.T. +, Ont. +, P.E.I. +, Que. +, Sask. +, Yukon +, Ala. +, Kans. +, Ark. +, Ga. +, Idaho +, Ohio +, Mo. +, Alaska +  and Ky. +
0 +  and 1/3 +
liquid +, soft +  and hard +
capillary +
sometimes longer +
7 +  and 16 +
rectangular +
reduced +
shorter than to longer than the adjacent lemmas +
subtending +
obtuse +  and rounded +
much smaller +
scarious +  and membranous +
5-11-veined +
uncinate +
0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br /> (5 cm50 mm <br />0.05 m <br />) +
hairy +, glabrous +, scabrous +  and smooth +
rounded +
shorter to slightly +
0.35 cm3.5 mm <br />0.0035 m <br /> (0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br />) +
membranous +  and thinly coriaceous +
lacerate +
0.2 cm2 mm <br />0.002 m <br /> (0.8 cm8 mm <br />0.008 m <br />) +
inconspicuous +
lanceolate +
0.1 cm1 mm <br />0.001 m <br /> (0.25 cm2.5 mm <br />0.0025 m <br />) +
concealed +  and prominent +
2 +  and 1 +
well-developed +
reduced +
10 cm100 mm <br />0.1 m <br /> (45 cm450 mm <br />0.45 m <br />) +
0.1 cm1 mm <br />0.001 m <br /> (0.6 cm6 mm <br />0.006 m <br />) +
dry +  and fleshy +
scabridulous +
keeled +  and compressed +
1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br /> (2.5 cm25 mm <br />0.025 m <br />) +
5 +  and 15 +
compressed +, terete +  and cylindrical +
0.25 cm2.5 mm <br />0.0025 m <br /> (6 cm60 mm <br />0.06 m <br />) +
1.5mm +  and 3mm +
1 +  and 3 +
simple +  and compound +
2 (?) +  and 3 (?) +
Glyceria plicata +
Glyceria notata +
Glyceria sect. Glyceria +
species +
notched +, rounded +  and truncate +
membranous +
0.2 cm2 mm <br />0.002 m <br /> (?) +
0.25 cm2.5 mm <br />0.0025 m <br /> (0.45 cm4.5 mm <br />0.0045 m <br />) +
prominent +  and evident +
scabridulous +  and smooth +
aquatic +  and terrestrial +