Common Reed (Phragmites australis)

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Phragmites Australis, or more commonly know as Common Reed, is a subshrub shrub graminoid with green foliage and white flowers of the genus Phragmites. It has a rapid growth rate and a height of 13.1 feet at maturity. Its duration is perennial which means it will grow year after year. It's active growth period is spring, blooms during summer and is intolerant of shade. Phragmites Australis or Common Reed's floral region is North America US Lower 48, Hawaii and Puerto Rico, specifically in the states of Alabama, Arkansas, Arizona, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Iowa, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Louisiana, Massachusetts, Maryland, Maine, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Mississippi, Montana, North Carolina, North Dakota, Nebraska, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, Nevada, New York, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Virginia, Vermont, Washington, Wisconsin and Wyoming.

• Category: Monocot
• Genus: Phragmites
• Family: Poaceae
• Order: Cyperales
• Class: Liliopsida
• Division: Magnoliophyta
• Duration: Perennial
• Growth Habit: Subshrub Shrub Graminoid
• Native Status: L48 (N) HI (I) PR (N) CAN (N)
• State Noxious Status: AL (CCW) CT (IB) MA (P) SC (PP) VT (CBW) WA (CCW)
• State Noxious Common Name: AL (phragmites common reed) CT (common reed) MA (common reed) SC (common reed) VT (common reed) WA (common reed)
• PLANTS Invasive Status: N'EAST SEEPPC STATE
• National Wetland Indicator Status: FACW OBL
• Regional Wetland Indicator Status: 1(FACW) 2(FACW) 3(FACW+) 4(FACW) 5(FACW) 6(FACW) 7(FACW+) 8(FACW+) 9(FACW+) 0(FACW) C(OBL)
• Active Growth Period: Spring
• After Harvest Regrowth Rate: Moderate
• Allelopath: No
• Bloat: None
• C:N Ratio: High
• Coppice Potential: No
• Fall Conspicuous: No
• Fire Resistance: No
• Flower Color: White
• Flower Conspicuous: No
• Foliage Color: Green
• Foliage Porosity Summer: Dense
• Foliage Porosity Winter: Moderate
• Foliage Texture: Coarse
• Fruit/Seed Color: White
• Fruit/Seed Conspicuous: Yes
• Growth Form: Rhizomatous
• Growth Rate: Rapid
• Height Mature (feet): 13.1
• Leaf Retention: No
• Lifespan: Long
• Low Growing Grass: No
• Nitrogen Fixation: Low
• Resprout Ability: No
• Shape and Orientation: Erect
• Toxicity: None
• Adapted to Coarse Textured Soils: Yes
• Adapted to Fine Textured Soils: Yes
• Adapted to Medium Textured Soils: Yes
• Anaerobic Tolerance: High
• CaCO3 Tolerance: Medium
• Cold Stratification Required: No
• Drought Tolerance: Low
• Fertility Requirement: Medium
• Fire Tolerance: High
• Frost Free Days Minimum: 110
• Hedge Tolerance: Low
• Moisture Use: Medium
• pH (Minimum): 4.5
• pH (Maximum): 8
• Planting Density per Acre Minimum: 3450
• Planting Density per Acre Maximum: 4800
• Precipitation (Minimum): 12
• Precipitation (Maximum): 60
• Root Depth Minimum (inches): 20
• Salinity Tolerance: Low
• Shade Tolerance: Intolerant
• Temperature Minimum (°F): -38
• Bloom Period: Summer
• Commercial Availability: Routinely Available
• Fruit/Seed Abundance: Medium
• Fruit/Seed Period Begin: Summer
• Fruit/Seed Period End: Fall
• Fruit/Seed Persistence: Yes
• Propagated by Bare Root: No
• Propagated by Bulbs: No
• Propagated by Container: No
• Propagated by Corms: No
• Propagated by Cuttings: No
• Propagated by Seed: No
• Propagated by Sod: No
• Propagated by Sprigs: Yes
• Propagated by Tubers: No
• Seed Spread Rate: Slow
• Seedling Vigor: High
• Small Grain: No
• Vegetative Spread Rate: Rapid

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