Species

Glyceria plicata

Etymology

Glyceria: From the Greek glykos 'sweet'.

Common Name(s)

floating sweetgrass

Authority

Glyceria plicata (Fr.) Fr.

Family

Poaceae

Flora Category

Vascular - Exotic

NVS Species Code

GLYPLI

The National Vegetation Survey (NVS) Databank is a physical archive and electronic databank containing records of over 94,000 vegetation survey plots - including data from over 19,000 permanent plots. NVS maintains a standard set of species code abbreviations that correspond to standard scientific plant names from the Ngä Tipu o Aotearoa - New Zealand Plants database.

Structural Class

Grasses

Year Naturalised

1969

Origin

Europe, S.W. to C. Asia, N.W. Africa

This page last updated on 27 Feb 2010