4181

Grass, Sedge, or Rush
Perennial

Non-native: Eurasia

Documented growing wild in - - -

Rare

Look for it in disturbed areas, per Weakley's Flora

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Invasive?

This plant may be causing problems in natural areas outside its native range, according to authorities such as:

• Forest Health Assessment & Applied Sciences Team: New Invaders of the Northeast

 

LEAVES:
Simple
Alternate, 2-ranked

FLOWER:
Summer/Fall

FRUIT:

 

TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!

• New Invaders of the Northeast and Northcentral US p015

Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Monocots: Commelinids: Poales

WEAKLEY'S FLORA (5/21/15):
Calamagrostis epigejos   FAMILY Poaceae

GREATER THAN PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Calamagrostis epigeios ssp. epigeios   FAMILY Poaceae

GREATER THAN Floristic synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2010)
Calamagrostis epigeios var. georgica

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Grasses of the US (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950)
Calamagrostis epigeios