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Phragmites () is a genus of six species of large perennial reed grasses found in wetlands throughout temperate and tropical regions of the world.
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Is it poisonous?
We have no record of African Reed being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.
Easily confused with
- Phragmites karka
- Arundo micrantha
- Arundo donax
- Phragmites japonicus
- Phragmites australis
- Echinochloa pyramidalis
Classification
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Tracheophyta
- Class
- Liliopsida
- Order
- Poales
- Family
- Poaceae
- Genus
- Phragmites
- Species
- Phragmites mauritianus
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