Grasses with plume-like and feathery flower spikes
Grasses - Poaceae
Common Reed Phragmites australisNative throughout much of the world as a dominant grass of wetland habitats, often forming extensive, single-species stands.
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Giant Reed Arundo donax
Native in the Middle East, eastward to South-east Asia. Widely planted elsewhere as a screen and shelter belt and often spreading along watercourses and field edges as an invasive alien, forming thickets of canes to 6m in height.
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Ravennagrass Tripidium ravennae
Native in the Mediterranean Region, eastwards through the Middle East to Central Asia and the Himalayan Region. Naturally occurs along seasonally wet watercourses, but also sometimes introduced as a garden ornamental.
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