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Creeping Manna Grass

Glyceria acutiflora

Found in shallow water and wet mucky soils in mountain ponds, sinkhole ponds, acid seeps, and wet pastures. Weakley, Flora of the Southeastern United States (2025), Northern Tier edition What its natural habitat tells you

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Native to West Virginia. How scores work Is it native here?

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Height
Up to about 3 feet
Light
Partial shade, Full shade, Full sun
Soil moisture
Moist to wet
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At a glance

Life cycle
Perennial
Bloom
June to July

Not yet recorded · Spread · Leaves

Recorded in 3 West Virginia counties.

Natural habitats

Places it grows wild. Not a planting requirement. Each habitat page lists the plants and wildlife also found there.

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Ponds, lakes and their shores

Still water and its edges: ponds, lakes, millponds and reservoirs.

Sinkhole ponds

Ponds and wet depressions in limestone sinkholes of the interior valleys and plateaus (karst), separate from the Coastal Plain's limesink ponds.

Seeps and springs

Places where groundwater keeps the soil or rock wet, such as seepage slopes and spring runs.

Wet meadows

Open, wet, grassy or sedgy ground that is not a bog.

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Ecological relationships

Who uses this plant?

What these records mean

11CaterpillarsGenus host records with ranges including WV

Genus host records with ranges including WV · Glyceria

  • Apamea devastatorGlassy Borer, Glassy Cutworm Moth
  • Apamea dubitansDoubtful Agroperina
  • Leucania commoidesDusky Wainscot, Comma Wainscot
  • Leucania lapidariaX
  • Limochores origenesCrossline Skipper
  • Mythimna oxygalaLesser Wainscot
  • Mythimna unipunctaArmyworm Moth, White Speck
  • Plusia contextaConnected Looper Moth
  • Polites themistoclesTawny-Edged Skipper
  • Pseudohermonassa bicarneaPink-Spotted Dart
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  • Pseudohermonassa tenuiculaMorrison's Sooty Dart
Shropshire & Tallamy 2025, Lepidoptera of North America north of Mexico, ZooKeys 1261 (ODbL)
0BeesSoutheastern regional records
0Specialist beesPollen specialists
2BirdsRecorded genus food-resource interactions; not a state feeding claim

Recorded genus food-resource interactions; not a state feeding claim · Glyceria

  • Aythya americanaRedhead
  • Meleagris gallopavoWild Turkey
Hurlbert, Olsen, Sawyer & Winner 2021, Avian Diet Database, Scientific Data 8: 260 (CC0)

Direct food only: birds recorded eating this genus across North America. Caterpillars on host plants also feed nesting birds. NC Native Plant Society: butterfly gardening

No records yet · Ants · Beetles · Flies · Adult butterflies / moths · Other wasps · Other insects

Growing and identification

Plant details

Family
Poaceae
Flower color
Green or brown

Safety has not been reviewed for this plant; check toxicity and thorns before planting.

Growing sources and scope

Conservation status

West Virginia rankS3
Global rankNot available
WV statusNot verified
Federal statusNot verified

Conservation source

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