Poaceae

Slimstem reedgrass

Calamagrostis stricta (Timm) Koeler

Family: Poaceae
Genus: Calamagrostis

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Slimstem reedgrass: Calamagrostis stricta . The rusty brown narrow inflorescence are rendered conspicuous by the often large numbers of flowering stalks within a single stand. — Photo: Matt Lavin, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons

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Common names

By language (15)

arz: كالاماجروستيس سترايدا
Belarusian: Пажарніца незаўважаемая
Chinese: 小花野青茅
Czech: Třtina přehlížená
Dutch: Stijf struisriet
English: Slimstem reedgrass, Narrow small-reed
Estonian: Püstkastik
Finnish: Luhtakastikka
German: Moor-Reitgras, Moorreitgras
hsb: Łuhojta smjelzyna
Hungarian: Lápi nádtippan
Icelandic: Hálmgresi
Polish: Trzcinnik prosty
Swedish: Madrör
Ukrainian: Куничник прямий, Очеретник багновий

Synonyms

Agrostis arundinacea J.Presl
Agrostis arundinacea var. contracta (Dumort.) Lej.
Arundo groenlandica Schrank
Arundo stricta Timm
Arundo stricta Hofft.
Arundo stricta var. angustata Wahlenb.
Arundo stricta var. interrupta Wahlenb.
Calamagrostis ameghinoi (Speg.) Macloskie
Calamagrostis arundinacea var. contracta (Dumort.) Koltz
Calamagrostis borealis Laest.
Calamagrostis contracta Dumort.
Calamagrostis freticola (Speg.) Makloskie
Calamagrostis fuegiana Speg.
Calamagrostis groenlandica (Schrank) Kunth
Calamagrostis groenlandica var. iljinii Tzvelev
Calamagrostis haenkeana Hitchc.
Calamagrostis hookeri (Syme) Druce
Calamagrostis inexpansa A.Gray ex Torr.
Calamagrostis inexpansa subsp. micrantha (Kearney) Stebbins & D.Zohary
Calamagrostis jakutensis Petrov
Calamagrostis kolgujewensis Gand.
Calamagrostis laxiflora Kearney
Calamagrostis lucida Scribn.
Calamagrostis magellanica Phil.
Calamagrostis micrantha Kearney
Calamagrostis micrantha var. micrantha
Calamagrostis neglecta f. exserta (Domin) Soó
Calamagrostis neglecta f. violacea Matuszk.
Calamagrostis neglecta subsp. australis Selander
Calamagrostis neglecta subsp. borealis (Laest.) Nyman
Calamagrostis neglecta subsp. groenlandica (Schrank) Matuszk.
Calamagrostis neglecta subsp. micrantha (Kearney) Tzvelev
Calamagrostis neglecta subsp. neglecta
Calamagrostis neglecta subsp. stricta (Timm) Tzvelev
Calamagrostis neglecta var. borealis (C.Laest.) Kearney
Calamagrostis neglecta var. elatior Hausskn. ex Andersson
Calamagrostis neglecta var. fallax Asch.
Calamagrostis neglecta var. groenlandica (Schrank) Druce
Calamagrostis neglecta var. hookeri (Syme) Druce
Calamagrostis neglecta var. interrupta (Wahlenb.) Benn.

and 46 more.

Characteristics

Growth habit: Graminoid
Lifespan: Perennial
In the US and Canada: Alaska: native, Canada: native, Greenland: native, Lower 48 states: native, St. Pierre and Miquelon: native

Photos

Photo: Matt Lavin, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Matt Lavin from Bozeman, Montana, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Matt Lavin from Bozeman, Montana, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Matt Lavin from Bozeman, Montana, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Matt Lavin from Bozeman, Montana, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Matt Lavin, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Matt Lavin, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Matt Lavin, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Matt Lavin, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Matt Lavin, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Matt Lavin, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Matt Lavin, CC BY-SA 2.0, 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.