Also called 🌱︎🚶︎  gardener's-garters, alpiste roseau, rohrglanzgras, kusa-yoshi, caniço-malhado, hierba cinta and pasto cinto.

Part of 🌾︎ grass  family Poaceae in 🌾︎ grass/​rush/​sedge  order Poales.

Native to 🇪🇺 Europe, Asia, northern Africa, and North America.   🗺 Map by county (🇺🇸 USA-48) (color key).   Invasive > 🌐︎ global Invasive > 🌐︎ various Invasive > 🇨🇦 🇺🇸 Canada+USA Invasive > report it! Invasive > 🇺🇸 USA Invasive > Michigan

Uses by native peoples
(Ethnobotany database)
  On No-Planting List by Seneca Nation of Indians SNI.  Adobe Acrobat Reader file (pages 59 and 63)

Learn more about reed canarygrass Phalaris arundinacea

Treatment methods and timing (40–45°N lat.)  Adobe Acrobat Reader file Best Control Practices BCP (Ontario)  Adobe Acrobat Reader file and its Technical Bulletin  Adobe Acrobat Reader file

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