SPECIES: Phragmites australis
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INTRODUCTORY

  ©2006 Susan Vincent
AUTHORSHIP AND CITATION:
Gucker, Corey L. 2008. Phragmites australis. In: Fire Effects Information System, [Online]. U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station, Fire Sciences Laboratory (Producer). Available: http://www.fs.fed.us/database/feis/ [].

FEIS ABBREVIATION:
PHRAUS

NRCS PLANT CODE [231]:
PHAU7

COMMON NAMES:
common reed
carrizo
Danube grass
Roseau cane

TAXONOMY:
The scientific name of common reed is Phragmites australis (Cav.) Trin. ex Steud. (Poaceae) [14,58,72,111,126]. Common reed belongs to the Panicoideae subfamily and the Arundineae tribe [58].

Currently a single subspecies and variety are recognized:

Phragmites australis subsp. americanus Saltonstall, PM Peterson & Soreng [197], native lineage
Phragmites australis var. berlandieri (E Fourn.) CF Reed [197], Gulf Coast lineage or haplotype I

Recent and previously uncharacteristic increases in common reed abundance led to the study of its genetics. Saltonstall [196] determined that 11 native haplotypes and 1 introduced haplotype occur throughout North America. The introduced haplotype (M) is of European origin and is referred to as the "nonnative haplotype" throughout this review.

SYNONYMS:
Phragmites communis Trin. [112,158,190,215,249]
Phragmites communis var. berlandieri (Fourn.) Fern [190]
Phragmites phragmites ( L.) Karst. [194,246]

LIFE FORM:
Graminoid

FEDERAL LEGAL STATUS:
No special status

OTHER STATUS:
Information on state-level noxious weed status of plants in the United States is available through Plants Database.

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