Family: Poaceae
common wood-reed, stout wood-reed, sweet wood-reed
[Cinna arundinacea var. arundinacea L., more...]
Robert W. Freckmann
Kitty Kohout
University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point, Robert W. Freckmann Herbarium (UWSP)
Etymology: Cinna: from Greek , a name used by Dioscorides for a kind of grass
Plants: perennial grass
Plants: perennial grass
Floodplain forests and swamps of silver maple-river birch, silver maple-swamp white oak, silver maple-green ash-elm, black ash-yellow birch, green ash-black ash, white cedar, tamarack, green ash-elm-basswood, bitternut hickory-hackberry-basswood-elm-ash. In mesic upland forests of sugar maple-oak, white pine-basswood-hickory, oak-pine, oak-basswood, maple-aspen-basswood, and often in mucky pockets of green ash in said forests. Also on lakeshores, willow thickets, ecotones where wetlands meet upland forests, marshes, shady wooded cliffs. This is usually a more robust species than C. latifolia, with a stiffer inflorescence. Found throughout the state but absent from the far north.
Floristic Rating: Coefficient of Conservatism = 5, Wetland Indicator = FACW USDA Plants Database: Federal Distribution and detailed information including photos Grasses of Iowa: Detailed photographs, descriptions, maps USDA Agricultural Research Service (ARS): Images of seeds, fruits, embryos, etc.
Kitty Kohout
Emmet J. Judziewicz
Emmet J. Judziewicz
Emmet J. Judziewicz
