| Family | Scientific Name | Common Name | Habitat | Distribution | Image |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Poaceae | Phragmites americanus | American Reed | Fens, freshwater tidal marshes. | New England westward, and southward to WV and MO inland and along the Atlantic seaboard to e. VA. | |
| Poaceae | Phragmites australis | Common Reed, Old World Reed | Brackish and freshwater marshes, dredge-spoil deposit islands, ditches. | Native of Eurasia. Fox, Godfrey, & Blomquist (1950) report its first collection in NC (in 1948). In most of our area, reed is of relatively recent introduction, reported from only nine counties in Radford, Ahles, & Bell (1968), but now a serious invasive weed in coastal areas, where it aggressively colonizes freshwater and brackish marshes, excluding the native species. |  |
| Poaceae | Phragmites karka | Tropical Reed, Roseau-Cane | Marshes. | Ne. FL south to s. FL, west across the Gulf Coast to sw. United States, south into tropical America. Reported for Seminole County, GA (Carter, Baker, & Morris 2009). |  |
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