Common Reed

(Phragmites australis)

Characteristics

Leaves	Ligule	Flowers

Growing habits: Tall, stout, warm-season perennial

Root anatomy: Fibrous roots spreading from rhizomes and stolons

Leaf anatomy: Leaves linear, rolled inside bud but flattened at maturity

Reproduction: Inflorescence a dense, branched panicle flanked by tuft of silky trichomes

^{References: Weeds of the South by Charles T. Bryson and Michael S. DeFelice}