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Floating Sweet-grass - Glyceria fluitans

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Floating Sweet-grass Floating Sweet-grass - Glyceria fluitans dylan Purdown and Stoke Park 31 May 2022, 4:06 p.m. 28 May 2022, 1:34 p.m.
Floating Sweet-grass Floating Sweet-grass - Glyceria fluitans dylan Purdown and Stoke Park 31 May 2022, 4:06 p.m. 28 May 2022, 1:34 p.m.
Floating Sweet-grass Floating Sweet-grass - Glyceria fluitans dylan Moorgrove Wood 20 Jun 2022, 12:31 p.m. 15 Jun 2022, noon
Floating Sweet-grass Floating Sweet-grass - Glyceria fluitans dylan Moorgrove Wood 20 Jun 2022, 12:31 p.m. 15 Jun 2022, 12:01 p.m.
Floating Sweet-grass Floating Sweet-grass - Glyceria fluitans dylan Blaise Castle 8 Jul 2022, 3:19 p.m. 7 Jul 2022, 2:36 p.m.
Floating Sweet-grass Floating Sweet-grass - Glyceria fluitans dylan Blaise Castle 8 Jul 2022, 3:19 p.m. 7 Jul 2022, 2:37 p.m.

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Species Description

Common and widespread throughout the UK. Habitat includes: marshes, swamps, muddy pond margins, ditches, rivers, ponds, lakes etc. Growing habit: Perennial. Height: Up to 1 m. Flowers: May to August. Forms floating rafts in shallow water. Other names include: Water Manna-grass. Chromosomes: 2n = 40.