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Achnatherum brachytricha

Calamagrostis arundinacea (L.) Roth

Family
Poaceae
Genus
Calamagrostis

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Achnatherum brachytricha: Picture taken in Commanster, Belgian High Ardennes . Species: Calamagrostis arundinacea
Photo: James K. Lindsey, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons

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Common names

By language (18)
Belarusian
Пажарніца траснікападобная
Bulgarian
Горски вейник
Chinese
野青茅, 類蘆野青茅, 松田野青茅, 臺灣野青茅, 湖北野青茅, 丘生野青茅, 北方野青茅, 台湾野青茅
csb
Lasowi òzdobnik
Czech
Třtina rákosovitá, Třtina brachytricha
Dutch
Bosstruisriet
English
Achnatherum brachytricha
Estonian
Metskastik
Finnish
Metsäkastikka
French
Calamagrostide à feuilles de roseau, Roseau des montagnes
German
Wald-Reitgras
Japanese
ノガリヤス
Korean
실새풀
Latvian
Niedru ciesa
Polish
Trzcinnik leśny
Russian
Вейник тростниковидный, Вейник лесной
Swedish
Piprör
Ukrainian
Куничник Очеретяний

Synonyms

  • Agrostis arundinacea L.
  • Agrostis pseudoarundinacea Schleich. ex Gaudin
  • Arundo agrostis Scop.
  • Arundo clarionis Loisel.
  • Arundo montana Gaudin
  • Arundo sylvatica Schrad.
  • Athernotus pyramidalis (Host) Dulac
  • Calamagrostis abietina Schur
  • Calamagrostis arundinacea f. effusa I.C.Chung
  • Calamagrostis arundinacea f. rufescens Matuszk.
  • Calamagrostis arundinacea f. turfosa (Schur) Soó
  • Calamagrostis arundinacea subsp. brachytricha (Steud.) Tzvelev
  • Calamagrostis arundinacea subsp. distantiflora (Luchnik) Tzvelev
  • Calamagrostis arundinacea subsp. heterogluma (Nakai) T.Koyama
  • Calamagrostis arundinacea subsp. hymenoglossa (Ohwi) T.Koyama
  • Calamagrostis arundinacea subsp. monticola (Petrov ex Kom.) Tzvelev
  • Calamagrostis arundinacea subsp. sugawarae (Ohwi) Tzvelev
  • Calamagrostis arundinacea var. alpina (Schur) Serb. & Beldie
  • Calamagrostis arundinacea var. austro-jeholensis (Honda) Kitag.
  • Calamagrostis arundinacea var. brachytricha (Steud.) Hack.
  • Calamagrostis arundinacea var. ciliata Honda
  • Calamagrostis arundinacea var. densa Honda
  • Calamagrostis arundinacea var. grandiflora Litv.
  • Calamagrostis arundinacea var. grandis Blytt
  • Calamagrostis arundinacea var. heterogluma (Nakai) I.C.Chung
  • Calamagrostis arundinacea var. hirsuta Hack.
  • Calamagrostis arundinacea var. hsinganensis Kitag.
  • Calamagrostis arundinacea var. inaequata Honda
  • Calamagrostis arundinacea var. latifolia (Rendle) Kitag.
  • Calamagrostis arundinacea var. ligulata (Rendle) Kitag.
  • Calamagrostis arundinacea var. macrotricha Litv.
  • Calamagrostis arundinacea var. montana Čelak.
  • Calamagrostis arundinacea var. nipponica (Franch. & Sav.) Hack.
  • Calamagrostis arundinacea var. pubescens Podp.
  • Calamagrostis arundinacea var. pyramidalis (Host) O.Fedtsch.
  • Calamagrostis arundinacea var. robusta Honda
  • Calamagrostis arundinacea var. robusta Raclaru
  • Calamagrostis arundinacea var. sciuroides (Franch. & Sav.) Hack.
  • Calamagrostis arundinacea var. silvatica Čelak.
  • Calamagrostis arundinacea var. subvaria Torges

and 94 more.

Characteristics

Growth habit
Graminoid

Photos

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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.