- Purple Reedgrass
Taxobox
name = Purple Reed Grass
regnum =Plant ae
divisio =Magnoliophyta
classis =Liliopsida
ordo =Poales
familia =Poaceae
genus = "Calamagrostis "
species = "C. purpurascens"
binomial = "Calamagrostis purpurascens"
binomial_authority = R.Br.
synonyms =
*"Calamagrostis lepageana" Louis-Marie
*"Calamagrostis maltei" (Polunin) A. & D. Löve
*"Calamagrostis purpurascens" ssp. "maltei" (Polunin) Porsild
*"Calamagrostis purpurascens" var. "maltei" Polunin
*"Calamagrostis yukonensis" Nash.Purple Reedgrass ("Calamagrostis purpurascens") is a perennial grass native to most of
North America , from arcticGreenland ,Canada , andAlaska south toCalifornia andLouisiana (though rare and scattered in the southern states of theUSA where it is a post-glacial relict), and also inAsia in easternSiberia . It grows 30 to 70 cm tall.The
caterpillar s of someLepidoptera use it as a foodplant, e.g. theChequered Skipper ("Carterocephalus palaemon").External links
* [http://www.mun.ca/biology/delta/arcticf/poa/www/pocapu.htm Poaceae of the Canadian Arctic Archipelago: "Calamagrostis purpurascens"]
* [http://www.livinglandscapes.bc.ca/cbasin/cb_grasses/calamagrostis.html "Calamagrostis" page] from [http://www.livinglandscapes.bc.ca www.livinglandscapes.bc.ca]
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