Contains 2 accepted taxa overall.

Characteristics
Phragmites Adans.
REED
Classification
POALES
Phragmites
Citation
PHRAGMITES Adanson, Fam. Pl. 2: 34, 559. 1763.
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TYPE: Phragmites communis Trinius (Arundo phragmites Linnaeus) For typification see Hitchcock, U.S.D.A. Bull. (1915-1923) 772: 64. 1920.
Species
Scientific Name Common Name Herbarium Specimens Status Photos
Phragmites australis COMMON REED Not Native FACW (NWPL) OBL (DEP)
Phragmites berlandieri COMMON REED Native
[Family identification key]
1.  Culm dull, ribbed or longitudinally grooved; inflorescence erect with ascending branches
1.  Culm lustrous, smooth to faintly grooved; inflorescence lax, branches drooping
Genus Synonyms
Synonym Full Citation Basionym Type
Czernya Czernya C. Presl, Cyper. Gramin. Sicul. 22. 1820. TYPE: Czernya arundinacea C. Presl
Oxyanthe Oxyanthe Steudel, Syn. Pl. Glumac. 1: 197. 1854. TYPE: Oxyanthes japonica (Steudel) Steudel (Sericura japonica Steudel)
Trichoon Trichoon Roth, Arch. Bot. (Leipzig) 1(3): 37. 1798. TYPE: Trichoon karka (Retzius) Roth 1798. (Arundo karka Retzius 1786.)
Xenochloa Xenochloa Lichtenstein ex Roemer & Schultes, Syst. Veg. 2: 29, 501. 1817. TYPE: Xenochloa arundinacea Lichtenstein ex Roemer & Schultes