COMMON REED
Common
Reed (Phragmites australis), Northern Prairie Wildlife Research Center,
USGS
http://www.npwrc.usgs.gov/resource/othrdata/plntguid/species/phraaust.htm
This site includes a brief biological description of Common reed.
Phragmites
australis Information: Fire Effects Information System, U.S. Department of
Agriculture
http://www.fs.fed.us/database/feis/plants/graminoid/phraus/
This site includes the following descriptions of common reed: Introductory,
Distribution
and Occurrence, Value
and Use, Botanical
and Ecological Characteristics, Fire
Ecology, Fire
Effects, and References.
Phragmites
australis: Natural Resources Conservation Service
http://plants.usda.gov/cgi_bin/plant_profile.cgi?symbol=PHAU7
This site includes very useful academic information (characteristics, plant
classification, references) and distribution maps by state
Phragmites
australis,
Center
for New Crops & Plant Products (Source: James A. Duke. 1983. Handbook of
Energy Crops. unpublished)
http://www.hort.purdue.edu/newcrop/duke_energy/Phragmites_australis.html
This site provide very detailed information about common reed's uses, folk
medicine, chemistry, general description, distribution, ecology, cultivation,
harvesting, biotic Factors, references, and so on.
Phragmites
australis (Common
Reed): Wildland Invasive
Species Program
http://tncweeds.ucdavis.edu/esadocs/phraaust.html
This site contains three documents and useful images.
Phragmites
australis (Common
Reed): Invasive Plant Council of New York State
http://www.ipcnys.org/ipc_twentycr.html
This page introduce common reed as one of top 20 invasive plants in NYS. Brief
information about Biology, Habitat, Origin, Problems, NY Range and Spread are
included in this site.
