Phragmites (L.) H.Karst. phragmites
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Authority
Britton, Nathaniel L. & Millspaugh, Charles F. 1920. The Bahama Flora.
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Family
Poaceae
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Scientific Name
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Description
Species Description - Culms 1.5-5 m. tall, erect, stout, from long horizontal rootstocks, smooth and glabrous. Sheaths overlapping, loose; blades 1.5-3 dm. long or more, 8-50 mm. wide, flat, smooth, glabrous; panicle 1.5-3 dm. long or more, ample; spikelets crowded on the ascending branches; first scale 1-nerved, half to two-thirds as long as the 3-nerved second one; flowering scales 1-1.2 cm. long, 3-nerved, long-acuminate, equalling the hairs of the raehilla.
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Distribution
Marshes, Andros, New Providence, and Watling's Island : Widely distributed in tropical and temperate regions. Reed-grass.
Andros Island Bahamas South America|