Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations:

(≡ homotypic synonym, = heterotypic synonym, - autonym, I invalid designation)

• (=) Glyceria aquatica (L.) Wahlb.
• (=) Glyceria spectabilis Mert. & W. D. J. Koch
• Basionym: Molinia maxima Hartm.
• (=) Panicularia aquatica (L.) Kuntze
• (=) Poa aquatica L.
• (=) Poa aquatica var. aquatica L.

Common names:

• reed sweet grass  (Source: Dict Gard) - English
• reed-meadow grass  (Source: Dict Gard) - English
• water-meadow grass  (Source: Aust Pl Common Names) - English
• rough manna grass   (Source: ICAW) - English (Canada)
• glycérie aquatique   (Source: ICAW) - French (Canada)
• glicéria-maior  (Source: pers. comm.) - Portuguese (Brazil)
• jättegröe  (Source: Kulturvaxtdatabas) - Swedish

Economic Importance:

• Animal food: fodder
• Environmental: ornamental
• Vertebrate poisons: mammals; mammals (due to presence of smut only in fresh foliage)
• Weed: potential seed contaminant; potential seed contaminant

Distributional Range:

Native

Asia-Temperate

• WESTERN ASIA: Turkey
• CAUCASUS: Georgia
• SIBERIA: Russian Federation-Western Siberia [Western Siberia]

Europe

• NORTHERN EUROPE: Denmark, Finland, Ireland, Norway, United Kingdom
• MIDDLE EUROPE: Austria, Belgium, Czech Republic, Germany, Hungary, Netherlands, Poland, Slovakia, Switzerland
• EASTERN EUROPE: Belarus, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Moldova, Russian Federation, [Kalmykia, Astrakhan, Saratov, Volgograd] Russian Federation-European part, [European part] Ukraine
• SOUTHEASTERN EUROPE: Albania, Bulgaria, Croatia, Greece, Italy (incl. Sardinia, Sicily), Romania, Serbia, Slovenia
• SOUTHWESTERN EUROPE: France


Cultivated (also cult.)

Naturalized

Australasia

• AUSTRALIA: Australia
• NEW ZEALAND: New Zealand

Northern America

• Canada, United States (s.e.)

References:

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Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2024. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN-Taxonomy).
National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland. URL: http://gringlobal.iita.org/gringlobal/taxonomydetail.aspx?id=17680. Accessed 1 July 2024.