Sand Reedgrass

Calamovilfa longifolia

Summary 6

Calamovilfa longifolia is a species of grass known by the common names prairie sandreed and sand reedgrass. It is native to North America, where it occurs from the Northwest Territories to Ontario in Canada and as far south as New Mexico and Kansas in the United States. There are two varieties, var. longifolia being widespread in the species' range and var. magna being native to the Great Lakes region.

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  2. (c) John Hilty, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), http://www.illinoiswildflowers.info/grasses/photos/sand_reed3.jpg
  3. (c) Matt Lavin, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/8c/Calamovilfa_longifolia.jpg
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  5. (c) John Hilty, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), http://www.illinoiswildflowers.info/grasses/photos/sand_reed4.jpg
  6. (c) Wikipedia, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calamovilfa_longifolia

More Info

iNat Map

Color brown, green
Group Grasses and Allies
Kingdom Plants
Park Jackson Lake