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Phalaris arundinacea, or reed canary grass, [1] is a tall, perennial bunchgrass that commonly forms extensive single-species stands along the margins of lakes and streams and in wet open areas, with a wide distribution in Europe, Asia, northern Africa and North America. [2]
Maranta arundinacea, also known as arrowroot, maranta, West Indian arrowroot, [4] obedience plant or Bermuda arrowroot [5] is a large, perennial herb found in rainforest habitats of the Americas, but cultivated in tropical regions worldwide.
Tall fescue is a long-lived tuft-forming perennial with erect to spreading hollow flowering stems up to about 165 cm (5'6") tall (exceptionally up to 200 cm) which are hairless (glabrous), including the leaf sheaths, but with a short (1.5 mm) ligule and slightly hairy (ciliate) pointed auricles that can wrap slightly around the stem.
Cinna arundinacea, the stout woodreed or sweet woodreed, is a species of flowering plant in the grass family Poaceae. [2] [3] It is native to Canada and the United States east of the Rockies. [1] A perennial reaching 6 ft (1.8 m), it is usually found growing in wet areas. [2]
The most well-known species in the family is arrowroot (Maranta arundinacea), a plant of the Caribbean, grown in parts of the Caribbean, Australasia, and sub-Saharan Africa for its easily digestible starch known as arrowroot. It is grown commercially in the West Indies and tropical Americas. [citation needed]
Maranta arundinacea is cultivated to produce the edible starch arrowroot. Some species such as Maranta leuconeura (prayer plant) and M. arundinacea are grown as houseplants in a warmish house or conservatory environment.
Sorghum arundinaceum, the common wild sorghum, is a species of flowering plant in the family Poaceae. [2] It is native to Sub‑Saharan Africa, Madagascar, many of the Indian Ocean islands, and the Indian Subcontinent, and has been introduced to northern South America, the US states of California and Florida, Puerto Rico, Taiwan, New Guinea, and a number of smaller islands worldwide. [1]
Cinna arundinacea - sweet woodreed, stout woodreed - eastern Canada, eastern & central United States; Cinna bolanderi - Bolander's woodreed - central California (Fresno, Tulare, Mariposa counties) Cinna latifolia - drooping woodreed - northern Eurasia from Norway to Japan & Magadan; Canada incl Arctic territories; northern & western United States