Historical Common Names of Great Plains Plants:

Phragmites australis (Cav.) Trin. ex Steud.

Origin: native

Scientific Synonyms: Arundo phragmites L., Phragmites australis (Cav.) Trin. ex Steud. var. berlandieri (Fourn.) C.F. Reed, Phragmites communis Trin., Phragmites communis Trin. ssp. berlandieri (Fourn.) A.& D. Löve, Phragmites communis Trin. var. berlandieri (Fourn.) Fern., Phragmites phragmites(L.) Karst., Phragmites vulgaris (Lam.) B.S.P.

Common names:

Abo'djigûn (1928, Chippewa, something turned out or over) (40)

Bennels (1913-1919) (5, 107)

Bog reed [Bog-reed] (1913-1938) (5, 119)

Cane grass (1905, MT) (101)

Carizo (1904-1912) (149, 152)

Common reed (1901-Present) (3, 50, 94, 140, 155)

Common reed grass [Common reed-grass] (1895-1938) (2, 5, 66, 99, 107, 119, 152)

Dutch reed [Dutch-reed] (1913-1938) (5, 119)

Plume grass (1932, SD) (85)

Pole reed [Pole-reed] (1913-1938) (5, 119)

Reed (1885-1928) (40, 56, 72, 90, 107)

Reed grass (1840-1937) (11, 19, 22, 45, 87, 101, 124, 129)

Spires (1913) (5)

Tall reed grass [Tall reed-grass] (1852) (163)

Wild broom-corn [Wild broom corn] (1913) (5)