Poaceae

Silkreed

Neyraudia reynaudiana (Kunth) Keng ex Hitchc.

Family: Poaceae
Genus: Neyraudia

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Silkreed: Neyraudia reynaudiana in north Bengal — Photo: A. J. T. Johnsingh, WWF-India and NCF, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons

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Common names

By language (2)

Chinese: 假芦, 石珍茅, 篱笆竹, 篱芭竹, 类芦, 梵净山类芦
English: Silkreed

Synonyms

Arundo madagascariensis var. zollingeri (Buse) Hook.f.
Arundo reynaudiana Kunth
Arundo zollingeri Buse
Neyraudia arundinacea var. zollingeri (Buse) Henrard
Neyraudia fanjingshanensis L.Liu
Neyraudia madagascariensis var. zollingeri (Buse) Hook.f.
Neyraudia mezii (Janowski) Veldkamp
Phragmites zollingeri (Buse) Steud.
Thysanolaena mezii Janowski

Characteristics

Growth habit: Graminoid
Lifespan: Perennial
In the US and Canada: Lower 48 states: introduced

Photos

Photo: A. J. T. Johnsingh, WWF-India and NCF, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: 阿橋 HQ, 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.