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Definition of Reed canary grass
1. Noun. Perennial grass of marshy meadows and ditches having broad leaves; Europe and North America.
Generic synonyms: Grass
Group relationships: Genus Phalaris, Phalaris
Lexicographical Neighbors of Reed Canary Grass
Literary usage of Reed canary grass
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Forage Plants and Their Culture by Charles Vancouver Piper (1914)
"Reed canary- grass is native to the temperate portions of Europe, Asia and North
... Reed canary-grass is a long- lived, rather coarse perennial grass. ..."
2. Forage Plants and Their Culture by Charles Vancouver Piper (1914)
"Reed canary- grass is native to the temperate portions of Europe, Asia and . ...
Reed canary-grass is a long- lived, rather coarse perennial grass. ..."
3. Grasses and Forage Plants: A Practical Treatise, Comprising Their Natural by Charles Louis Flint (1860)
"In the fifth, with reed canary grass and English hay, the English hay was preferred.
In the sixth, with reed canary grass and swale, the swale was chosen at ..."
4. Grasses and Forage Plants: A Practical Treatise Comprising Their Natural by Charles Louis Flint (1887)
"In the fifth, with reed canary grass and English hay, the English hay was preferred.
In the sixth, with reed canary grass and swale, the swale was chosen at ..."
5. The New International Encyclopædia by Daniel Colt Gilman, Harry Thurston Peck, Frank Moore Colby (1902)
"Other closely allied species of Phalaris produce a similar grain, but are inferior
in productiveness and quality. Reed canary-grass (Phalaris ..."
6. HIV/Aids Policy in Hawaii by James Lumeng (1992)
"reed canary grass has little wildlife value because it greatly limits nesting and
... reed canary grass is easily matted down by snow and therefore provides ..."