Phragmites
(Phragmites australis)

Other common names: Common Reed, Southern Reed Grass

Other scientific names: Arundo australis, Arundo phragmites, Phragmites communis, Phragmites phragmites

French names: Roseau commun

Family: Grass Family (Poaceae)

Group: Grasses

Native/Non-native: Non-Native

Notes: Phragmites is a seriously invasive plant that has made major headway in northeastern North American in recent years.

Photographs: 22 photographs available, of which 7 are featured on this page. SCROLL DOWN FOR PHOTOGRAPHS.

  

Phragmites forms dense patches.

Typical head.

Phragmites head in March.

Phragmites just getting established along a stream bank.

A "wall" of Phragmites in a damp area along a road.

Phragmites in winter along a railway.
  

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