Photo: Phragmites australis 03.

Photo: Phragmites australis 3.

Last year's stems on ice. I walked out there. Skidding on ice, in the sun, in April - yay! Vanhakaupunginlahti, Helsinki, Finland. Wild. 2000-04-01.


Phragmites australis (Cav.) Trin.
Engl.: common reed, reed grass.
Deu.: Schilf.
Suom.: järviruoko.
Sven.: vass, bladvass, rörvass.
Pharm.: California manna, Father Picolo's manna.
Bot. syn.: Arundo phragmites L., Phragmites communis Trin., Phragmites phragmites (L.) Karst.