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Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Monocots: Commelinids: Poales

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Phragmites australis   FAMILY Poaceae   Go to FSUS key



INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Phragmites australis   FAMILY Poaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)

Phragmites australis

SYNONYMOUS WITH Grasses of Florida (Hall, 2019)

Phragmites australis ssp. australis

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 25 (2003)

Phragmites australis var. australis

INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 029-05-001:

Phragmites communis   FAMILY Poaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN Manual of the Grasses of the US (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950)

Phragmites communis

INCLUDED WITHIN Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Phragmites phragmites

 

COMMON NAME:
Common Reed, Old World Reed


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image of Phragmites australis, Common Reed, Old World Reed

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / USDA Wetland flora: Field office illustrated guide    pnd_phau7_003_lvd

        

image of Phragmites australis, Common Reed, Old World Reed

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Hitchcock, A.S. (rev. A. Chase). 1950    pnd_phco15_001_lvd

        

image of Phragmites australis, Common Reed, Old World Reed

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913    pnd_phph4_001_lvd

        

image of Phragmites australis, Common Reed, Old World Reed

USDA / Selected Weeds of the US. 1970    swus_page_081

        

image of Phragmites australis, Common Reed, Old World Reed

    wwwmdinvasive_phragmites

        

www.mdinvasives.org/archive/species/terrestrial_plants/Phragmites.html

image of Phragmites australis, Common Reed, Old World Reed

Ohio State Weed Lab Archive, The Ohio State University, Bugwood.org    bug_1559081

Month Unknown        

image of Phragmites australis, Common Reed, Old World Reed

D. Walters & C. Southwick, USDA APHIS ITP, Bugwood.org    bug_5466562

Month Unknown        

image of Phragmites australis, Common Reed, Old World Reed

D. Walters & C. Southwick, USDA APHIS ITP, Bugwood.org    bug_5466563

Month Unknown        

image of Phragmites australis, Common Reed, Old World Reed

D. Walters & C. Southwick, USDA APHIS ITP, Bugwood.org    bug_5466565

Month Unknown        

image of Phragmites australis, Common Reed, Old World Reed

Leslie J. Mehrhoff, University of Connecticut, Bugwood.org    bug_5480710

Month Unknown        

image of Phragmites australis, Common Reed, Old World Reed

Leslie J. Mehrhoff, University of Connecticut, Bugwood.org    bug_5487067

Month Unknown        

image of Phragmites australis, Common Reed, Old World Reed

Leslie J. Mehrhoff, University of Connecticut, Bugwood.org    bug_5487097

Month Unknown        

Culms erect, with stout creeping rhizomes and often also with stolons, per Manual of the Grasses of the United States (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950).

image of Phragmites australis, Common Reed, Old World Reed

Leslie J. Mehrhoff, University of Connecticut, Bugwood.org    bug_5487154

Month Unknown        

A tall (to 20') wetland grass with leaves sticking out like a corn plant's, per Invasive Plants, Guide to Identification, Impacts and Control (Kaufman & Kaufman, 2007).

image of Phragmites australis, Common Reed, Old World Reed

Leslie J. Mehrhoff, University of Connecticut, Bugwood.org    bug_5487193

Month Unknown        

Panicle rather densely flowered, per Manual of the Grasses of the United States (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950).

image of Phragmites australis, Common Reed, Old World Reed

Leslie J. Mehrhoff, University of Connecticut, Bugwood.org    bug_5487226

Month Unknown        

Panicle tawny or purplish, 15-40cm long, the branches ascending, per Manual of the Grasses of the United States (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950).

 

 

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Phragmites australis   FAMILY Poaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Phragmites australis   FAMILY Poaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Phragmites australis

SYNONYMOUS WITH Grasses of Florida (Hall, 2019)
Phragmites australis ssp. australis

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 25
Phragmites australis var. australis

INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 029-05-001:
Phragmites communis   FAMILY Poaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN Manual of the Grasses of the US (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950)
Phragmites communis

INCLUDED WITHIN Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Phragmites phragmites

 

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1068

Grass, Sedge, or Rush
Perennial

Habitat: Brackish and freshwater marshes, dredge-spoil deposit islands, ditches, per Weakley's Flora

Non-native: Eurasia

Common in Coastal Plain (rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)

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INVASIVE

This plant is causing problems in natural areas outside its native range, according to authorities such as:

 

LEAVES:
Simple
Basal

FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
Glumes purplish

FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Grain

 

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