Calamagrostis lapponica

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Calamagrostis lapponica
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Poaceae
Subfamily: Pooideae
Genus: Calamagrostis
Species:
C. lapponica
Binomial name
Calamagrostis lapponica
(Wahlenb.) Hartman
Synonyms [1] [2]
  • Arundo confinisWilld.
  • Arundo lapponicaWahlenb.
  • Calamagrostis alaskanaKearney
  • Calamagrostis confinis(Willd.) P. Beauv.
  • Calamagrostis gorodkoviiV.N. Vassil.
  • Calamagrostis henriettaePetrov
  • Calamagrostis lanceaOhwi
  • Calamagrostis lapponica subsp. sibirica(Petrov) Tzvelev
  • Calamagrostis lapponica var. gorodkowiiLitv. ex Krylov
  • Calamagrostis lapponica var. groenlandicaLange
  • Calamagrostis lapponica var. nearcticaA.E. Porsild
  • Calamagrostis lapponica var. opimaHartm.
  • Calamagrostis neglecta var. confinis(Willd.) Beal
  • Calamagrostis pseudolapponicaV.N. Vassil.
  • Calamagrostis sibiricaPetrov
  • Deyeuxia confinis(Willd.) Kunth
  • Deyeuxia lapponica(Wahlenb.) Kunth

Calamagrostis lapponica, the Lappland reedgrass, is a grass species native to colder parts of the Northern Hemisphere. It has been reported from Scandinavia, Russia, Greenland, Alaska, and every Canadian province and territory except the Maritime Provinces (Nova Scotia, New Brunswick and Prince Edward Island). [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10]

Calamagrostis lapponica is an herb growing up to 60 cm (24 inches) tall. It spreads by means of short underground rhizomes. Panicle is up to 15 cm (6 inches) long, frequently purple. [11] [12] [13] [14]

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