Poaceae
Lapland reedgrass
Calamagrostis lapponica
- Family
- Poaceae
- Genus
- Calamagrostis
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Common names
By language (3)
- Chinese
- 欧野青茅, 歐野青茅
- English
- Lapland reedgrass
- Finnish
- Lapinkastikka
Synonyms
- Arundo lapponica Wahlenb.
- Calamagrostis gorodkovii V.N.Vassil.
- Calamagrostis henriettae Petrov
- Calamagrostis lancea Ohwi
- Calamagrostis lapponica f. effusior Norm.
- Calamagrostis lapponica subsp. sibirica (Petrov) Tzvelev
- Calamagrostis lapponica var. burjatica Galanin
- Calamagrostis lapponica var. gorodkowii Litv. ex Krylov
- Calamagrostis lapponica var. groenlandica Lange
- Calamagrostis lapponica var. nearctica A.E.Porsild
- Calamagrostis lapponica var. opima Hartm.
- Calamagrostis pseudolapponica V.N.Vassil.
- Calamagrostis sibirica Petrov
- Deyeuxia lapponica (Wahlenb.) Kunth
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Graminoid
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Alaska: native, Canada: native, Greenland: native
Photos
Photo: Alexey Yabs, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
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Photo: Yurii Basov, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Yurii Basov, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Yurii Basov, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons
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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); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.