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Photographer: Christopher Noll
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Family Poaceae
Phalaris arundinacea L.
reed canary grass
Phalaris: Greek for "shining" referring to the shining seeds or possibly to the crestlike seed head
arundinacea: reedlike
Hazardous 
Invasive - Eradicate!
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| Status: | Introduced - naturalized; ecologically invasive |
| Plant: | erect, perennial, 2'-6' tall grass, dense stands crowding out other plants; stems stout; spreading rhizomes |
| Flower: | green; inflorescence one flowered spikelet in dense cluster above leaf |
| Leaf: | wide 3"-10", gray-green, flat tapering to end; with ligule |
| Habitat: | full to partial shade; moderate moisture, moist, to wet; shores, marshes, water to 1', disturbed areas |
| Notes: | one of first grasses to green up in spring; aggressive, invasive; to eradicate burn then herbicide; mow spring and fall, then herbicide |
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