Poaceae
Common rivergrass
Scolochloa festucacea
- Family
- Poaceae
- Genus
- Scolochloa
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Common names
By language (12)
- Belarusian
- Трысцянка мурожнікавая, Троскі, Трысцянка аўсяніцавая
- Chinese
- 水茅
- English
- Common rivergrass
- Estonian
- Rooghein
- Finnish
- Piuru
- German
- Gewöhnliches Schwingelschilf, Märkisches Schwingelschilf
- hsb
- Prawa dornicowa sćina
- Hungarian
- Északi mocsáricsenkesz
- Lithuanian
- Eraičininė nendrūnė
- Polish
- Skolochloa trzcinowata
- Russian
- Тростянка овсяницевидная, Schenodorus arundinaceus
- Swedish
- Kasgräs
Synonyms
- Aira arundinacea Lilj.
- Arundo festucacea Willd.
- Donax borealis Trin.
- Donax festucaceus (Willd.) P.Beauv.
- Festuca arundinacea Lilj.
- Festuca borealis (Trin.) Mert. & W.D.J.Koch
- Festuca donacina Wahlenb.
- Fluminia arundinacea (Roem. & Schult.) Fr.
- Fluminia festucacea (Willd.) Hitchc.
- Glyceria arundinacea (Roem. & Schult.) Fr.
- Graphephorum arundinaceum (Roem. & Schult.) Asch.
- Graphephorum festucaceum (Willd.) A.Gray
- Schedonorus arundinaceus Roem. & Schult.
- Scolochloa arundinacea (Roem. & Schult.) MacMill.
- Scolochloa festucacea f. artistata Holmb.
- Scolochloa marchica M.Duvel, Ristow, H.Scholz
- Sieglingia festucacea (Willd.) Jess.
- Triodia festucacea (Willd.) Roth
Flowers
- Flower colour
- green (USDA PLANTS Database)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Graminoid
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Alaska: native, Canada: native, Lower 48 states: native
Photos
Photo: Dmitriy Bochkov, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Dmitriy Bochkov, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Силаева Татьяна Борисовна, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: art_leostrin, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Dustin Snider, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Dustin Snider, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Jere Kahanpää, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Arthur Whiting, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Сергей, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Сергей, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Arthur Whiting, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: art_leostrin, CC0, from iNaturalist
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.