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Sweet woodreed

Cinna arundinacea

Also called Stout Woodreed, Stout Wood Reedgrass, Stout Wood Reed Grass, Stout Wood Reed

Sweet woodreed
Photo: Unknown author, Public domain
Family
Poaceae (Grass family)
Grows as
Grass, Perennial
Native range
E. Canada to C. & E. U.S.A.
Climate
temperate

About

Cinna arundinacea, the stout woodreed or sweet woodreed, is a species of flowering plant in the grass family Poaceae. It is native to Canada and the United States east of the Rockies. A perennial reaching 6 ft (1.8 m), it is usually found growing in wet areas.

Other Cinna plants

Bolander's woodreed · Drooping woodreed · Woodreed

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Cinna arundinacea by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.

Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.

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