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Learn more about Common Reed from the Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Monocots: Commelinids: Poales
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
COMMON NAME:
Common Reed
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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
Month Unknown
Panicle tawny or purplish, 15-40cm long, the branches ascending, per Manual of the Grasses of the United States.