Group: Spermatophytina (Spermatophytes)
Family: Poaceae (Grass family)
Genus: Calamagrostis (Reedgrass)
Calamagrostis arundinacea (L.) Roth - Bunch Grass
Calamagrostis varia (Schrad.) Host - Mountain Smallreed
Calamagrostis canescens (Weber) Roth - Purple Small-Reed
Calamagrostis purpurea (Trin.) Trin.
Calamagrostis rivalis H. Scholz
Calamagrostis neglecta (Ehrh.) G. Gaertn. & al. - Narrow Small-Reed
Calamagrostis villosa (Chaix) J. F. Gmel. - Hairy Small-Reed
Calamagrostis pseudophragmites (Haller f.) Koeler - Bluejoint
Calamagrostis epigejos (L.) Roth - Wood Small-Reed
60–120 cm tall, <ba>turf-forming</ba>. <span class="v1">spikelets:</span> 4–6 mm long. <span class="v1">lemmas:</span> <ba><b>membranous, transparent</b></ba>, 2–3 mm long. <span class="v1">awn:</span> <ba><b>inserted in the upper ...
The colours represent the floristic status of the species in the respective region. Green indicates native occurrences, light green naturalized occurrences. Adventive occurrences are represented by light yellow shades and plants that are cultivated (but rarely occur in the wild) are dark yellow. Grey colours are used, if the floristic status of species is unknown or uncertain.
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Natural, established occurences |  |
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The color intensity reflects the species' abundance
Data: Floristische Kartierung Deutschlands (Stand 2013), Bundesamt für Naturschutz (www.floraweb.de)
riparian vegetation, mudflat vegetation, reedbeds, perennial herbaceous vegetation, forests, shrubbery, bogs, sedge-lands
in alkaline, moist to wet, periodically flooded habitats