Phalaris arundinacea
From Natural History of Southeast Alaska
Reed Canarygrass (Phalaris arundinacea): A few scattered collections from across the region. Many reports in AKEPIC from almost anywhere with roads or settlements.
Local Notes
References
Weblinks
- e-FloraBC page for Phalaris arundinacea
- USDAPLANTS page for Phalaris arundinacea
- PFAF page for Phalaris arundinacea
- EthnoBotany page for Phalaris arundinacea
- GrassManual page for Phalaris arundinacea
- PacNW Herbaria Records for Phalaris arundinacea
- Search Arctos Database for Phalaris arundinacea (Southeast only)
- Search Arctos Database for Phalaris arundinacea (entire database)
- Encyclopedia of Life search for Phalaris arundinacea
- iNaturalist Observations for Phalaris arundinacea in Southeast Alaska
Other References
- Muller: gen; meadows, roadsides
- Lamb Shephard 2007: Used in road bank stabilization seed mixes. Invading wetlans in Juneau, Wrangell, and on Prince of Wales Island.
- Hall 2010: "Stream banks, margins of streams, wet meadows and roadsides. Common. May be indigenous to our area, but it has been used as a forage grass and to stabilize roadcuts. Some of our specimens may be adventive."
- Skinner, et al 2012: "Introduced grass of riparian zones, forest margins, and moist to wet roadsides. Sometimes planted in irrigated meadows for forage. Strongly rhizomatous and once established it may eliminate other native grasses. In areas of southeast Alaska, reed canarygrass has dominated logged areas."
