Common Reed Grass

Common Reed Grass

Phragmites australis (Cav.) Trin. ex Steud.

Poaceae (Grass Family)

▲ mature colony

▲ ▼ young plants

▲ ▼ ligule and collar region of leaf

Common Reed Grass:

• Warm-season perennial grass that spreads by rhizomes, not much by seeds
• Tall-growing (3-20 feet), with short, but broad leaf blades and large, golden-brown dense panicle inflorescences
• Found in wetter soils
• Non-native colonies more aggressive, have persistent leaf sheaths throughout winter