Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Monocots: Commelinids: Poales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Phragmites australis
FAMILY
Poaceae
Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Check out EDDMapS.org to see where this has been reported.
Learn more about Common Reed from the Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
INCLUDED WITHIN
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Phragmites australis
FAMILY
Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
The Plants of Pennsylvania (Rhoads & Block, 2007)
Phragmites australis ssp. australis
INCLUDED WITHIN
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 029-05-001:
Phragmites communis
FAMILY
Poaceae
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Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933)
Phragmites phragmites
COMMON NAME:
Common Reed
To see larger pictures, click or hover over the thumbnails.
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / USDA Wetland flora: Field office illustrated guide pnd_phau7_003_lvd
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Hitchcock, A.S. (rev. A. Chase). 1950 pnd_phco15_001_lvd
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_phph4_001_lvd
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Ohio State Weed Lab Archive, The Ohio State University, Bugwood.org bug_1559081
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D. Walters & C. Southwick, USDA APHIS ITP, Bugwood.org bug_5466562
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D. Walters & C. Southwick, USDA APHIS ITP, Bugwood.org bug_5466563
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D. Walters & C. Southwick, USDA APHIS ITP, Bugwood.org bug_5466565
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Leslie J. Mehrhoff, University of Connecticut, Bugwood.org bug_5480710
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Leslie J. Mehrhoff, University of Connecticut, Bugwood.org bug_5487067
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Leslie J. Mehrhoff, University of Connecticut, Bugwood.org bug_5487097
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Culms erect, with stout creeping rhizomes and often also with stolons, per Manual of the Grasses of the United States.
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Leslie J. Mehrhoff, University of Connecticut, Bugwood.org bug_5487154
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A tall (to 20') wetland grass with leaves sticking out like a corn plant's, per Invasive Plants, Guide to Identification, Impacts and Control.
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Leslie J. Mehrhoff, University of Connecticut, Bugwood.org bug_5487193
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Panicle rather densely flowered, per Manual of the Grasses of the United States.
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Leslie J. Mehrhoff, University of Connecticut, Bugwood.org bug_5487226
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Panicle tawny or purplish, 15-40cm long, the branches ascending, per Manual of the Grasses of the United States.
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Phragmites australis
FAMILY
Poaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Phragmites australis
FAMILY
Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
The Plants of Pennsylvania (Rhoads & Block, 2007)
Phragmites australis ssp. australis
INCLUDED WITHIN
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 029-05-001:
Phragmites communis
FAMILY
Poaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933)
Phragmites phragmites
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Grass, Sedge, or Rush
Perennial
Non-native
Documented growing wild in GA NC SC
Common in outer Coastal Plain (rare elsewhere)
Look for it in brackish and freshwater marshes, dredge-spoil deposit islands, ditches, per Weakley's Flora
Click here to see a more detailed map from University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Herbarium,
or click here to see a map from SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
This plant is causing problems in natural areas outside its native range, according to authorities such as:
- Alabama Invasive Plant Council, 2012
- Georgia Exotic Pest Plant Council, 2006
- Kentucky Exotic Pest Plant Council, 2013
- NC Department of Transportation
- SC Department of Natural Resources Aquatic Nuisance Species List, 2003
- SC Exotic Pest Plant Council, 2014
- SC List of Regulated Pest Plant Species, 2017
- Tennessee Exotic Pest Plant Council, 2009
- Virginia Department of Conservation and Recreation, 2014
LEAVES:
Simple
Basal
FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
Glumes purplish
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Grain
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Guide to the Wildflowers of SC p400
- Invasive Plants, Guide to Identification, Impacts and Control p372
- Manual of the Grasses of the United States p190
- Invasive Exotic Plants of North Carolina p038
- Wildflowers of the Carolina Lowcountry p213
- Wildflowers of the Eastern United States p149