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Calamagrostis

not marked as a favorite taxon Calamagrostis canadensis (Michaux) Palisot de Beauvois var. canadensis. Common name: Bluejoint, Canada Reedgrass. Phenology: Jun-Aug. Habitat: Wet meadows along streams, high elevation openings, such as grassy balds and cliff bases. Distribution: Widespread and common across n. North America, reaching its southern limit in the east in w. NC, e. TN (Chester et al. 1993), and ne. GA (Rabun Bald, Rabun County).

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Origin/Endemic status: Native

Synonymy ⓘ: = Can, FNA24, G, HC, Il, NE, NY, Pa, Va; < Calamagrostis canadensis (Michx.) P.Beauv. — C, Mi, Mo1, POWO, RAB, S, Tat, Tn, W, WV, Tucker (1996); > Calamagrostis canadensis (Michx.) P.Beauv. var. acuminata Vasey — S13; < Calamagrostis canadensis (Michx.) P.Beauv. var. canadensis — K4; > Calamagrostis canadensis (Michx.) P.Beauv. var. canadensis — F, NS, S13; > Calamagrostis canadensis var. imberbis — NS; > Calamagrostis canadensis (Michx.) P.Beauv. var. robusta Vasey — F. Basionym: Arundo canadensis Michx. 1803

Links to other floras: = Calamagrostis canadensis var. canadensis - FNA24

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Wetland Indicator Status:

  • Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain: OBL (taxonomic split from wetland indicator species)
  • Eastern Mountains and Piedmont: FACW (taxonomic split from wetland indicator species)
  • Great Plains: FACW (taxonomic split from wetland indicator species)
  • Midwest: OBL (taxonomic split from wetland indicator species)
  • Northcentral & Northeast: OBL (taxonomic split from wetland indicator species)

Heliophily ⓘ: 6

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