Family: Poaceae
Scientific Name: Cinna arundinacea
Common Name: Common wood-reed, Sweet wood-reed, stout wood-reed
Description | A tall attractive native grass can be used in woodland plantings |
Plant Type | All Plants, Grass Ornamental |
Hardiness Zone | 5 |
Sunlight | light shade to dappled sunlight |
Moisture | average, moist |
Soil & Site | average, moist |
Leaves | grayish green, 12 inch long grass-like leaves |
Dimensions | 3-5 feet |
Propagation | seeds, division |
Misc Facts | Genus name Cinna is Greek and used by Dioscorides for a kind of grass and arundinacea means reedlike |
Notes & Reference | #100-Wildflowers of Wisconsin and the Upper Midwest (Merel Black and Emmet Judziewicz) |
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