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Reed (plant)

(Redirected from Phragmites)
True grasses

Scientific classification
Kingdom:Plantae
Division:Magnoliophyta
Class:Liliopsida
Order:Poales
Family:Poaceae
Genus:Phragmites
species

Pragmites australis

Reed is a generic term used to describe numerous plants including:

  • Common Reed (Phragmites australis Cav.) – this is the species originally named reed
  • Giant Reed (Arundo donax L.)
  • Burma Reed (Neyraudia reynaudiana)
  • Bur-reed (Sparganium eurycarpum)

All listed species play important role in forming of reedbeds.


Roadside reed left unharvested from previous year – in Hungary









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