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common reed
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common reed

Phragmites australis

Phragmites is a genus of four species of large perennial grasses found in wetlands throughout temperate and tropical regions of the world. The World Checklist of Selected Plant Families, maintained by Kew Garden in London, accepts the following four species:

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Where it lives

Recorded sightings

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In the old herbals & bestiaries

common reed in Six Groups of the History of Plants

Six Groups of the History of Plants

Rembert Dodoens · 1583 · p.613

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 64237.