Phragmites australis (Cav.) Steud.

Posted byTrajche DimitrovskiPosted inPlant families, Poaceae

Taxonomy: Fam. Poaceae// Genus: Phragmites// Species: Phragmites australis (Cav.) Steud.

Determined according to the botanical key provided by Tutin in Tutin et al. (1980).

Lifeform: Rhizomatous perennial; Hemicryptophyte- rhizomatous hydrogeophyte according to the  Raunkiær system.

Distribution: Native worldwide – Temperate and Subtropical regions to Tropical Mountains according to the distribution information provided by the Plants of the World Online portal (Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew).

Habitat: Wet habitats – shores of lakes, ponds, rivers, near irrigation channels.

Flowering period: Summer – fall: AUG, SEP.

Phragmites australis – habit. Lake “Gradche”, 08.09.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Phragmites australis – habit. Lake “Gradche”, 08.09.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Phragmites australis – habit. Lake “Gradche”, 08.09.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Phragmites australis – habit. Lake “Gradche”, 08.09.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Phragmites australis – panicle. Lake “Gradche”, 08.09.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Phragmites australis – panicle. Lake “Gradche”, 08.09.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Phragmites australis – panicle branches with spikelets. Lake “Gradche”, 08.09.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Phragmites australis – panicle. Lake “Gradche”, 08.09.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Phragmites australis – panicle. Lake “Gradche”, 08.09.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Phragmites australis – panicle branches with spikelets. Lake “Gradche”, 08.09.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Phragmites australis – panicle branches with spikelets. Lake “Gradche”, 08.09.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Phragmites australis – panicle branches with spikelets. Lake “Gradche”, 08.09.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Phragmites australis – panicle branches with spikelets. Lake “Gradche”, 08.09.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Phragmites australis – panicle branches with spikelets. Lake “Gradche”, 08.09.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Phragmites australis – panicle branches with spikelets. Lake “Gradche”, 08.09.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Phragmites australis – panicle branches with spikelets. Lake “Gradche”, 08.09.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Phragmites australis – panicle branches with spikelets. Lake “Gradche”, 08.09.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Phragmites australis – stems with leaves. Lake “Gradche”, 08.09.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Phragmites australis – stems with leaves. Lake “Gradche”, 08.09.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Phragmites australis – stems with leaves. Lake “Gradche”, 08.09.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Phragmites australis – stems with leaves. Lake “Gradche”, 08.09.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Phragmites australis – leaves. Lake “Gradche”, 08.09.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Phragmites australis – leaves. Lake “Gradche”, 08.09.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Phragmites australis – adaxial side of leaf. Lake “Gradche”, 08.09.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Phragmites australis – abaxial side of leaf. Lake “Gradche”, 08.09.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Phragmites australis – leaf sheath and ligule. Lake “Gradche”, 08.09.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Phragmites australis – leaf sheath and ligule. Lake “Gradche”, 08.09.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Phragmites australis – leaf sheath and ligule. Lake “Gradche”, 08.09.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Phragmites australis – lower part of stems. Lake “Gradche”, 08.09.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Phragmites australis – stem node. Lake “Gradche”, 08.09.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Phragmites australis – stem node. Lake “Gradche”, 08.09.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Phragmites australis – lower part stems and plant base. Lake “Gradche”, 08.09.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Phragmites australis – plant base. Lake “Gradche”, 08.09.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Phragmites australis – spikelet. Scale in mm. Specimen from Lake “Gradche”, 08.09.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.

References:

Phragmites australis (Cav.) Trin. ex Steud. Plants of the World Online portal, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:30337627-2 [Accessed 10.09.2023].

Phragmites Adanson. Tutin, T.G. in Tutin, T.G., Heywood, V.H., Burges, N.A., Moore, D.M., Valentine, D.H., Walters, S.M. & Webb, D.A. (1980). Flora Europaea. Volume 5: Alismataceae to Orchidaceae (Monocotyledones). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, p. 253.