Poaceae
Coastal small-reed
Calamagrostis pseudophragmites
- Family
- Poaceae
- Genus
- Calamagrostis
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Common names
By language (9)
- Bulgarian
- Тръстиков вейник
- Chinese
- 假苇拂子茅, 假葦拂子茅, 短芒拂子茅
- Czech
- Třtina pobřežní
- Dutch
- Rivierstruisriet
- English
- Coastal small-reed
- German
- Schilfähnliches Reitgras, Ufer-Reitgras
- Hungarian
- Parti nádtippan
- Kazakh
- Ақ айрауық
- Polish
- Trzcinnik szuwarowy
Synonyms
- Arundo alpestris Haller ex Roem. & Schult.
- Arundo annulata Roem. & Schult.
- Arundo biebersteiniana Schult.
- Arundo effusa C.C.Gmel.
- Arundo glauca M.Bieb.
- Arundo glauca var. angustifolia M.Bieb.
- Arundo laxa (Host) Wahlenb.
- Arundo litorea Schrad.
- Arundo littorea var. major Roth
- Arundo pseudophragmites Haller f.
- Arundo pseudophragmites var. maior Gaudin
- Arundo pseudophragmites var. major Gaudin
- Arundo sabuli Kit.
- Calamagrostis dubia Bunge
- Calamagrostis dubia var. hirta Litv.
- Calamagrostis epigeios var. reichenbachiana Grecescu
- Calamagrostis epigejos var. reichenbachiana Grecescu
- Calamagrostis glauca (M.Bieb.) Rchb.
- Calamagrostis glauca var. latifolia M.Bieb.
- Calamagrostis hedinii Pilg.
- Calamagrostis lanceolata var. armena K.Koch
- Calamagrostis laxa Host
- Calamagrostis laxa var. transsilvanica Schur
- Calamagrostis littorea (Schrad.) P.Beauv.
- Calamagrostis littorea f. abbreviata Peterm.
- Calamagrostis littorea var. abbreviata Peterm.
- Calamagrostis littorea var. annulata (Roem. & Schult.) Steud. & Hochst.
- Calamagrostis littorea var. elongata Peterm.
- Calamagrostis littorea var. laxa (Host) Mutel
- Calamagrostis littorea var. maior (Gaudin) Parl.
- Calamagrostis littorea var. major (Gaudin) Parl.
- Calamagrostis littorea var. montana K.Koch
- Calamagrostis littorea var. persica Boiss.
- Calamagrostis littorea var. tartarica Hook.f.
- Calamagrostis littorea var. tatarica Hook.f.
- Calamagrostis nepalensis Nees ex Steud.
- Calamagrostis onaei Franch. & Sav.
- Calamagrostis pallida (Blytt) Müll.Berol.
- Calamagrostis persica Boiss.
- Calamagrostis persica (Boiss.) Stapf ex Hand.-Mazz.
and 29 more.
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Graminoid
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Patrick Hacker, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Dmitriy Bochkov, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Mathieu MENAND, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: M. Hedayat, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Wolfgang Ahlmer, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Mathieu MENAND, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Vysochyn Maksym, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Mathieu MENAND, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Anaïso6, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Юрий Данилевский (Yuriy Danilevsky), CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: herve.goeau@, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: M. Hedayat, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF
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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.