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|accepted_name=Glyceria obtusa
|accepted_authority=(Muhl.) Trin.
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|common_names=Atlantic mannagrass
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|hierarchy=Poaceae;Poaceae subfam. Pooideae;Poaceae tribe Meliceae;Glyceria;Glyceria sect. Striatae;Glyceria obtusa
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Poaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>subfamily</small>[[Poaceae subfam. Pooideae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>tribe</small>[[Poaceae tribe Meliceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Glyceria]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>section</small>[[Glyceria sect. Striatae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Glyceria obtusa]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 24
|mention_page=
|treatment_page=page 75
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Plants </b>perennial. <b>Culms</b> 60-100 cm tall, 2.5-5 mm thick, often decumbent at the base. <b>Sheaths</b> glabrous, smooth, not keeled, midvein prominent; ligules 0.5-0.8 mm, not translucent, truncate to slightly rounded; blades 15-40 cm long, 2-8 mm wide, abaxial surfaces smooth, adaxial surfaces scabridulous. <b>Panicles</b> 5-15 cm long, 2.5-6 cm wide, ovoid, erect, dense; branches 2.5- 8 cm, strongly ascending, with 10-30 spikelets; pedicels 1-14 mm. <b>Spikelets</b> 4-7 mm long, 2.5-4 mm wide, somewhat laterally compressed, oval in side view, with 4-7 florets. <b>Glumes</b> keeled, 1-veined, veins not extending to the apical margins, apical margins hyaline, acute, entire or often splitting with age; lower glumes 1.6-2.5 mm, lanceolate to narrowly ovate or obovate; upper glumes 1.7-3.5 mm, ovate-elliptic to obovate, obtuse to rounded; rachilla internodes 0.2-0.4 mm; lemmas 3-3.9 mm, 5-9-veined, veins not raised, apices rounded, somewhat prow-shaped; paleas subequal to the lemmas, lengths 2-2.8 times widths, keels well-developed, not winged, tips pointing towards each other, narrowly notched between the keels; anthers 2, 0.6-0.8 mm. <b>Caryopses</b> 1.5-1.8 mm. <b>2n</b> = 40.</span><!--

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|distribution=Maine;Md.;N.J.;Mass.;N.Y.;N.H.;Del.;D.C;N.C.;S.C.;Va.;Pa.;Conn.;R.I.;N.B.;N.S.
|discussion=<p><i>Glyceria obtusa</i> is a distinctive species that grows in wet woods, swamps, and shallow waters, primarily on the eastern seaboard of North America, from Nova Scotia and New Brunswick to South Carolina.</p>
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name=Glyceria obtusa
|authority=(Muhl.) Trin.
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|family=Poaceae
|illustrator=Cindy Roché
|illustration copyright=Utah State University
|distribution=Maine;Md.;N.J.;Mass.;N.Y.;N.H.;Del.;D.C;N.C.;S.C.;Va.;Pa.;Conn.;R.I.;N.B.;N.S.
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|subfamily=Poaceae subfam. Pooideae
|tribe=Poaceae tribe Meliceae
|genus=Glyceria
|section=Glyceria sect. Striatae
|species=Glyceria obtusa
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