Phragmites australis (Cav.) Trin. ex Steud., 1841

🇬🇧 Common Reed

🇫🇷 Phragmite austral, Phragmite commun, Roseau, Roseau à balais, Roseau commun

Taxonomy

Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Poaceae
Subfamily: Arundinoideae
Tribe: Molinieae
Subtribe: Moliniinae
Genus: Phragmites
Species: Phragmites australis

Presence

Present.

Conservation status

Red List (Metropolitan France): LC Least Concern
Red List (Europe): LC Least Concern

Notes

The following infraspecific taxa are accepted:

P. australis subsp. americanus Saltonst., P.M.Peterson & Soreng, 2004;
P. australis subsp. australis (Cav.) Trin. ex Steud., 1841, P;
P. australis subsp. berlandieri (E.Fourn.) Saltonst. & Hauber, 2007;
P. australis subsp. isiacus (Arcang.) J.H.Xue, Chepinoga & K.P.Ma, 2024.

Photographs

img/phragmites-australis.webp — Phragmites australis

img/phragmites-australis-2.webp — Phragmites australis

img/phragmites-australis-3.webp — Phragmites australis - Leaves

img/phragmites-australis-4.webp — Phragmites australis - Stem node

Sources

Lansdown, R.V. (2011). Phragmites australis (Europe assessment). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species, 2011. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/164494/5892473
Tison, J.M., & de Foucault, B. (2014). Flora Gallica : Flore de France (p. 268). Biotope.