Resources
- Best Management Practices - Ontarios Invading Species Awareness Program
- Fact Sheet - Ontarios Invading Species Awareness Program
- Field Guide - Ontarios Invading Species Awareness Program
- Plant Invaders of Mid-Atlantic Natural Areas - National Park Service and U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
- Weed of the Week - USDA Forest Service
- Fact Sheet - Pennsylvania Dept. of Conservation and Natural Resources
- Morphological differences between native and introduced genotypes - Cornell University
- Invasive Plant Atlas of New England - University of Connecticut
- Element Stewardship Abstract - The Nature Conservancy
- Biological Control of Invasive Plants in the Eastern United States - USDA Forest Service
- Weeds Gone Wild: Alien Plant Invaders of Natural Areas - Plant Conservation Alliance
- Phragmites Field Guide: Distinguishing Native and Exotic Forms of Common Reed in the U.S. - Plant Conservation Alliance
- A Guide to the Control and Management of Invasive Phragmites - Michigan Department of Natural Resources
Representative Images
0002045 common reed Phragmites australis Infestation Bernd Blossey |
0581038 common reed Phragmites australis Plant(s) Jil Swearingen |
1237064 common reed Phragmites australis Seed(s) Joseph McCauley |
1459446 common reed Phragmites australis Feature(s) Steve Dewey |
5273068 common reed Phragmites australis Plant(s) Leslie J. Mehrhoff |
5273070 common reed Phragmites australis Flower(s) Leslie J. Mehrhoff |
5273071 common reed Phragmites australis Feature(s) Leslie J. Mehrhoff |
5273074 common reed Phragmites australis Root(s) Leslie J. Mehrhoff |
5308053 common reed Phragmites australis Plant(s) USDA PLANTS Database |
5308055 common reed Phragmites australis Plant(s) USDA PLANTS Database |
5308056 common reed Phragmites australis Plant(s) USDA PLANTS Database |
5341071 common reed Phragmites australis Infestation John M. Randall |
5341072 common reed Phragmites australis Flower(s) Mandy Tu |
Maps
EDDMapS Distribution - This map is incomplete and is based only on current site and county level reports made by experts, herbaria, and literature. For more information, visit www.eddmaps.org
State Regulated List - This map identifies those states that list this species on their regulated list. For more information, visit Invasive.org
Most Troublesome / Most Common Agricultural Weed List
This map identifies those states that consider this species either most troublesome or most common in at least one commodity. For more information, visit the MTMC project page.
| Legend | |
| No Data for this state | |
| Troublesome or Common weed in one or more crops | |
Invasive Listing Sources
- Alabama Invasive Plant Council
- Alabama Noxious Weeds - Class C Noxious Weed
- Apalachicola Invasive Working Group
- City of Ann Arbor Michigan Parks and Recreation
- Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Department of Conservation and Natural Resources, 1994.
- Connecticut Invasive Plant List
- Connecticut Invasive Plant Working Group
- East Central Florida CISMA
- Georgia Exotic Pest Plant Council - Category 3
- Hoffman, R. & K. Kearns, Eds. 1997. Wisconsin manual of control recommendations for ecologically invasive plants. Wisconsin Dept. Natural Resources, Bureau of Endangered Resources. Madison, Wisconsin. 102pp.
- Idaho Noxious Weeds
- Illinois Invasive Plant List
- Indiana Native Plant and Wildflower Society
- Invasive Plant Council of New York State
- Jil M. Swearingen, Survey of invasive plants occurring on National Park Service lands, 2000-2007
- Kentucky Exotic Pest Plant Council - Severe Threat
- Maryland Cooperative Extension Service. 2003. Invasive Plant Control in Maryland. Home and Garden Information Center, Home and Garden Mimeo HG88. 4 pp.
- Maryland Department of Natural Resources, 1994
- Massachusetts Noxious Weeds
- Mid-Atlantic Exotic Pest Plant Council, 2005
- National Wildlife Refuge Association, Silent Invasion: A Call to Action from the National Wildlife Refuge Association, 2002. Washington DC. 17 pp.
- Nebraska Noxious Weeds
- New Hampshire Invasive Species Committee. 2005. Guide to Invasive Upland Plant Species in New Hampshire. New Hampshire Department of Agriculture, Markets and Food Plant Industry Division and New Hampshire Invasive Species Committee.
- New Hampshire Prohibited Aquatic Species
- New Jersey Department of Agriculture, Division of Plant Industry, 2004
- Nonnative Invasive Species in Southern Forest and Grassland Ecosystems
- North Carolina Division of Parks and Recreation, Department of Environment and Natural Resources, 1998
- Pennypack Ecological Restoration Trust, Pennsylvania.
- South Carolina Exotic Pest Plant Council - Severe Threat
- South Carolina Noxious Weeds
- South Dakota Noxious Weeds
- Tennessee Exotic Pest Plant Council - Severe Threat
- Vermont Department of Environmental Conservation
- Vermont Noxious Weeds
- Virginia Department of Conservation and Recreation, 2009
- Washington Noxious Weeds
- WeedUS - Database of Plants Invading Natural Areas in the United States
- Wisconsin's Invasive Species Identification, Classification and Control Rule
Taxonomic Rank
| Kingdom: Plantae |
| Phylum: Magnoliophyta |
| Class: Liliopsida |
| Subclass: Commelinidae |
| Order: Cyperales |
| Family: Poaceae |
| Genus: Phragmites |
Other System Links
Plants: PHAU7Bayer: PHRCO
GRIN: 28091
ITIS: 41072
NPDN Pest: PCACJBA
NPDN Host: 36226
Synonyms and Other Names
Other Common Names:
phragmites
Related Scientific Names:
| Phragmites communis (Cav.) Trin. ex Steud. | (Synonym) |
| Phragmites phragmites (Cav.) Trin. ex Steud. | (Synonym) |
| Common Name Reference: | USDA, NRCS. 2010. The PLANTS Database. National Plant Data Center, Baton Rouge, LA, USA. |
| Scientific Name Reference: | USDA, NRCS. 2010. The PLANTS Database. National Plant Data Center, Baton Rouge, LA, USA. |

