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