| Scientific Name: |
Glyceria striata |
| Common Name: |
Fowl Manna Grass |
| Other Common Names: |
Fowl Mannagrass |
| Duration of Life: |
Perennial |
| Bloom Color: |
Green |
| Plant Origin: |
Native |
| Soil Type prefered: |
Loam, Clay |
| Drought Tolerance: |
Low |
| Flower Conspicuous: |
No |
| Soil Fertility Requirement: |
Medium |
| Moisture Use: |
Medium |
| Shade Tolerance: |
Tolerant |
| Active Growth Period: |
Spring |
| Anaerobic Tolerance: |
High |
| Calcium Carbonate Tolerance: |
Medium |
| Bloom Period: |
Early Summer |
| Commercial Availability: |
Routinely Available |
| Cold Stratification Required: |
No |
| Fall Conspicuous: |
No |
| Frost Free Days, Minimum: |
100 |
| Foliage Color: |
Green |
| Fruit/Seed Abundance: |
Medium |
| Fruit/Seed Period Begin: |
Spring |
| Fruit/Seed Conspicuous: |
No |
| Fruit/Seed Period End: |
Fall |
| Fruit/Seed Color: |
Red |
| Fruit/Seed Persistence: |
No |
| Fire Tolerance: |
Low |
| Foliage Texture: |
Fine |
| Growth Form: |
Rhizomatous |
| Growth Habit: |
Grass |
| Growth Rate: |
Moderate |
| Height, Mature (feet): |
5.7 |
| Leaf Retention: |
No |
| Low Growing Grass: |
No |
| Life Span: |
Short |
| Max. Planting Density/Acre: |
7856 |
| Min. Planting Density/Acre: |
3475 |
| pH (Maximum): |
8 |
| pH (Minimum): |
4 |
| Precipitation (Minimum): |
10 |
| Protein Potential: |
Medium |
| Resprout Ability: |
No |
| Root Depth, Min. (inches): |
4 |
| Salt Tolerance: |
None |
| Shape and Orientation: |
Semi-Erect |
| Small Grain: |
No |
| Seed Spread Rate: |
Moderate |
| Seedling Vigor: |
Medium |
| Temperature, Minimum (F): |
-35 |
| Toxicity: |
None |
| Vegetative Spread Rate: |
Slow |
| Propagation: |
Sprigs |
| Palpable: (eatable) |
|
| Where Found in S.E. MN: |
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| Category: |
Monocot |
| Division: |
Magnoliophyta |
| Class: |
Liliopsida |
| Order: |
Cyperales |
| Family: |
Poaceae |
| Genus: |
Glyceria |
