Poaceae

Bushgrass

Calamagrostis epigejos (L.) Roth

Family: Poaceae
Genus: Calamagrostis

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Bushgrass (Calamagrostis epigejos) — FlowerPhoto: chiuluan, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist

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Common names

By language (29)

Arabic: كالاماغروستيس إيبيغيوس
Belarusian: Пажарніца наземная, Мятла лясная, Пажарнік, Перапалявіца
Bulgarian: Приземен вейник
Chinese: 拂子茅, 密花拂子茅, 小花拂子茅, 林中拂子茅
Croatian: Vlasača milava
csb: Piôskòwi òzdobnik
Czech: Třtina křovištní
Danish: Bjerg-Rørhvene
Dutch: Duinriet
English: Bushgrass
Estonian: Jäneskastik
Finnish: Hietakastikka
French: Calamagrostide epigejos, Roseau des bois
German: Land-Reitgras, Sand-Reitgras, Landreitgras, Landrohr, Landrohrgras, Landschilf, Sandreitgras, Sandrohr
hsb: Pěskowa smjelzyna
Kazakh: Құрғақ айрауық
Latvian: Slotiņu ciesa
Lithuanian: Smiltyninis lendrūnas
Mongolian: Явган сорвоо
Norwegian Bokmål: Bergrørkvein
os: Къуымадза
Persian: علفنی پرمرغی
Polish: Trzcinnik piaskowy
Portuguese: Acratera
Russian: Вейник наземный
Slovak: Smlz kroviskový
Swedish: Bergrör
Ukrainian: Куничник наземний
Welsh: Corsen fach y coed

Synonyms

Agrostis alba var. umbrosa (Pers.) K.Richt.
Agrostis epigeios Raspail
Agrostis epigejos (L.) Raspail
Agrostis umbrosa Pers. ex Trin.
Arundo calamagrostis M.Bieb.
Arundo epigejos L.
Arundo epigejos var. glauca Jüngst
Arundo epigejos var. intermedia (C.C.Gmel.) Roth
Arundo epigejos var. minor Roth
Arundo intermedia C.C.Gmel.
Athernotus epigeios Dulac
Athernotus epigejos (L.) Dulac
Calamagrostis acrathera Peterm.
Calamagrostis acrathera var. abbreviata Peterm.
Calamagrostis arenicola Fernald
Calamagrostis chilensis Phil.
Calamagrostis costei Sennen
Calamagrostis epigea St.-Lag.
Calamagrostis epigeios f. densiflora (Ledeb. ex Griseb.) Serb. & Beldie
Calamagrostis epigeios f. fissa Zapal.
Calamagrostis epigeios f. laeviculmis H.Lindb.
Calamagrostis epigeios f. virescens Andersson
Calamagrostis epigeios subsp. acranthera (Peterm.) K.Richt.
Calamagrostis epigeios subsp. extremiorientalis Tzvelev
Calamagrostis epigeios subsp. glomerata (Boiss. & Buhse) Tzvelev
Calamagrostis epigeios subsp. meinshausenii Tzvelev
Calamagrostis epigeios subsp. rigens (Fr.) K.Richt.
Calamagrostis epigeios var. alpestris Brügger
Calamagrostis epigeios var. altissima Mutel
Calamagrostis epigeios var. ampla Podp.
Calamagrostis epigeios var. angustata Podp.
Calamagrostis epigeios var. arenaria B.de Lesd.
Calamagrostis epigeios var. capensis Stapf
Calamagrostis epigeios var. densiflora Ledeb. ex Griseb.
Calamagrostis epigeios var. elongata Döll
Calamagrostis epigeios var. flavescens (Grutt.) Asch. & Graebn.
Calamagrostis epigeios var. georgica (K.Koch) Griseb.
Calamagrostis epigeios var. glauca Hartm.
Calamagrostis epigeios var. glaucescens Coss. & Germ.
Calamagrostis epigeios var. hirsuta Ducommun

and 94 more.

Flowers

In flower: June to July (from 156 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)

Photos

FlowerPhoto: chiuluan, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
FlowerPhoto: B. Phalan, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
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FlowerPhoto: Jiří Podhorecký, CC0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Christian Fischer, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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Photo: Наталья Пикалова, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
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Photo: Agnieszka Bochenek, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
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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). About our plant data.