Family: Poaceae
drooping wood-reed
Robert W. Freckmann
Robert W. Freckmann
University of Wisconsin - Madison (WIS-VP)
Etymology: Cinna: from Greek , a name used by Dioscorides for a kind of grass
Plants: perennial grass
Conservation Status: Native
Plants: perennial grass
Conservation Status: Native
Upland woods of aspen, red maple-balsam fir-hemlock, birch-balsam fir, maple-hemlock, mixed conifers, oak-yellow birch-red maple, sugar maple-beech, maple-aspen-birch-spruce; swamps of tamarack, tamarack-black spruce, black ash-white spruce-balsam fir-basswood, red maple, red maple-white pine, white cedar. Wooded talus slopes, shady and moist ledges, alder thickets, sedge meadows. The inflorescence of this species is generally more delicate and drooping than that of C. arundinacea. Mostly found north of the Tension Zone with a few outlying stations in the south.
Flora of North America: Flora of North America Floristic Rating: Coefficient of Conservatism = 7, Wetland Indicator = FACW+ USDA Plants Database: Federal Distribution and detailed information including photos Grasses of Iowa: Detailed photographs, descriptions, maps Canada Agriculture and Agri-Food
Alberta Government: "The identification of certain native and naturalized grasses by their vegetative characters", S.E. Clarke, J.A. Campbell and W. Shevkenek. 1950.
(Publication no. 762 ; Technical bulletin no. 50). Drawings, descriptions.
Alberta Government: "The identification of certain native and naturalized grasses by their vegetative characters", S.E. Clarke, J.A. Campbell and W. Shevkenek. 1950.
(Publication no. 762 ; Technical bulletin no. 50). Drawings, descriptions.
Robert W. Freckmann
