Glyceria septentrionalis var. arkansana

(Fernald) Steyerm. & Kucera
Synonyms: Glyceria arkansana
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 24. Treatment on page 83.
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Illustrator: Cindy Roché

Copyright: Utah State University

Ligules 5-14 mm; blades 6-12 mm wide. Panicle branches 3-7 cm, with 3-5 spikelets. Rachilla internodes 0.5-1.5 mm. Lemmas hispidulous over the veins, hairs about 0.1 mm, hispidulous, scabrous, or scabridulous between the veins, apices rounded to acute, crenate. 2n = unknown.

Discussion

Glyceria septentrionalis var. arkansana grows in roadside ditches and on the edges of swamps, lakes, and ponds in the flood plain of the Mississippi River, from southern Illinois and Indiana to the Gulf coast. There is also one record from central Tennessee (Chester et al. 1993). The size of its stomates suggests that var. arkansana, like var. septentrionalis, is a tetraploid.

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

None.

"decumbent" is not a number.

membranous +  and scarious +
0.05 cm0.5 mm <br />5.0e-4 m <br /> (0.18 cm1.8 mm <br />0.0018 m <br />) +
crenate +, rounded +  and acute +
Mary E. Barkworth +  and Laurel K. Anderton +
(Fernald) Steyerm. & Kucera +
1 (?) +  and 3 (?) +
basal +  and apical +
keeled +  and rounded +
pseudopetiolate +  and branching +
persistent +
intravaginal +, extravaginal +, branching +  and basal +
swelling +
18 cm180 mm <br />0.18 m <br /> (32 cm320 mm <br />0.32 m <br />) +
folded +  and flat +
0.6 cm6 mm <br />0.006 m <br /> (1.2 cm12 mm <br />0.012 m <br />) +
spreading;usually erect;strongly ascending +
3 cm30 mm <br />0.03 m <br /> (17 cm170 mm <br />0.17 m <br />) +
0 cm0 mm <br />0 m <br /> (20 cm200 mm <br />0.2 m <br />) +
73 cm730 mm <br />0.73 m <br /> (182 cm1,820 mm <br />1.82 m <br />) +
decumbent +  and erect +
20 cm200 mm <br />0.2 m <br /> (250 cm2,500 mm <br />2.5 m <br />) +
not woody +
0 cm0 mm <br />0 m <br /> (0.8 cm8 mm <br />0.008 m <br />) +
Conn. +, N.J. +, N.Y. +, Va. +, W.Va. +, Del. +, D.C. +, Wis. +, Ont. +, Que. +, Fla. +, N.H. +, Tex. +, La. +, Tenn. +, N.C. +, S.C. +, Pa. +, Mass. +, Maine +, R.I. +, Ala. +, Ark. +, Ill. +, Ga. +, Ind. +, Iowa +, Okla. +, Md. +, Ohio +, Mo. +, Minn. +, Mich. +, Miss. +  and Ky. +
0 +  and 1/3 +
liquid +, soft +  and hard +
capillary +
sometimes longer +
8 +  and 16 +
compressed +
reduced +
shorter than to longer than the adjacent lemmas +
subtending +
elliptic +  and obovate +
much smaller +
scarious +  and membranous +
5-11-veined +
hispidulous +
scabridulous +  and scabrous +
uncinate +
0.1 cm1 mm <br />0.001 m <br /> (?) +
0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br /> (5 cm50 mm <br />0.05 m <br />) +
hispidulous +  and scabrous +
hispidulous +
rounded +
0.24 cm2.4 mm <br />0.0024 m <br /> (0.48 cm4.8 mm <br />0.0048 m <br />) +
membranous +  and thinly coriaceous +
lacerate +
0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br /> (1.4 cm14 mm <br />0.014 m <br />) +
inconspicuous +
lanceolate +
0.15 cm1.5 mm <br />0.0015 m <br /> (0.37 cm3.7 mm <br />0.0037 m <br />) +
concealed +  and prominent +
2 +  and 1 +
well-developed +
reduced +
3 cm30 mm <br />0.03 m <br /> (7 cm70 mm <br />0.07 m <br />) +
15cm +  and 60cm +
1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br /> (3.5 cm35 mm <br />0.035 m <br />) +
0.07 cm0.7 mm <br />7.0e-4 m <br /> (0.17 cm1.7 mm <br />0.0017 m <br />) +
dry +  and fleshy +
scabridulous +  and smooth +
1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br /> (2.3 cm23 mm <br />0.023 m <br />) +
rectangular +, terete +  and cylindrical +
0.25 cm2.5 mm <br />0.0025 m <br /> (6 cm60 mm <br />0.06 m <br />) +
1mm +  and 3mm +
1 +  and 3 +
simple +  and compound +
2 (?) +  and 3 (?) +
Glyceria arkansana +
Glyceria septentrionalis var. arkansana +
Glyceria septentrionalis +
variety +
notched +, rounded +  and truncate +
membranous +
0 cm0 mm <br />0 m <br /> (0.02 cm0.2 mm <br />2.0e-4 m <br />) +
0.23 cm2.3 mm <br />0.0023 m <br /> (0.52 cm5.2 mm <br />0.0052 m <br />) +
prominent +  and evident +
hispidulous +  and scabrous +
aquatic +  and terrestrial +