Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations:

(≡ homotypic synonym, = heterotypic synonym, - autonym, I invalid designation)

• (-) Phalaris arundinacea f. arundinacea L.
• (=) Phalaris arundinacea f. variegata (Parn.) Druce
• (-) Phalaris arundinacea var. arundinacea L.
• (=) Phalaris arundinacea var. picta L.
• (≡) Phalaroides arundinacea (L.) Rauschert

Common names:

• gardener's-garters  (Source: Hortus 3) - English
• reed Canary grass  (Source: World Econ Pl) - English
• ribbon grass  (Source: Dict Gard) - English
• variegated grass  (Source: Websters Dict) - English
• alpiste roseau  (Source: Dict Rehm) - French
• chiendent-ruban  (Source: L Noms French ed7) - French
• phalaris roseau  (Source: F NAmer) - French
• roseau  (Source: F NAmer) - French
• roseau panaché  (Source: L Noms French ed7) - French
• Rohrglanzgras  (Source: Dict Rehm) - German
• falaride arundinacea  (Source: Mult Glossary Crops) - Italian
• kusa-yoshi  (Source: F JapanOhwi) - Japanese Rōmaji
• caniço-malhado  (Source: Dict Rehm) - Portuguese
• hierba cinta  (Source: Dict Rehm) - Spanish
• pasto cinto  (Source: Dict Rehm) - Spanish
• rörflen  (Source: Kulturvaxtdatabas) - Swedish
• galpul  (Source: Kulturpflanze) - Transcribed Korean

Economic Importance:

• Animal food: fodder; forage
• Environmental: ornamental
• Fuels:
• Vertebrate poisons:
• Weed: potential seed contaminant; potential seed contaminant

Distributional Range:

Native

Africa

• MACARONESIA: Portugal [Madeira Islands]
• NORTHERN AFRICA: Algeria (n.), Egypt, Tunisia

Asia-Temperate

• WESTERN ASIA: Iran, Iraq, Turkey
• CAUCASUS: Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Russian Federation, [Dagestan] Russian Federation-Ciscaucasia [Ciscaucasia]
• SIBERIA: Russian Federation-Eastern Siberia, [Eastern Siberia] Russian Federation-Western Siberia [Western Siberia]
• MIDDLE ASIA: Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan
• MONGOLIA: Mongolia
• CHINA: China
• EASTERN ASIA: Japan, Korea, Taiwan

Europe

• NORTHERN EUROPE: Denmark, Finland, Norway, Sweden, United Kingdom
• MIDDLE EUROPE: Austria, Belgium, Czech Republic, Germany, Hungary, Poland, Slovakia, Switzerland
• EASTERN EUROPE: Belarus, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Moldova, Russian Federation-European part, [European part] Ukraine (incl. Krym)
• SOUTHEASTERN EUROPE: Albania, Bulgaria, Croatia, Greece, Italy (incl. Sardinia), Romania, Serbia, Slovenia
• SOUTHWESTERN EUROPE: France (incl. Corsica), Portugal, Spain

Northern America

• SUBARCTIC AMERICA: Canada, [Northwest Territories, Yukon] United States [Alaska]
• EASTERN CANADA: Canada [Québec, Nova Scotia, Ontario, Prince Edward Island, New Brunswick, Newfoundland and Labrador]
• WESTERN CANADA: Canada [Saskatchewan, Alberta, Manitoba, British Columbia]
• NORTHEASTERN U.S.A.: United States [Connecticut, Indiana, Maine, Massachusetts, Michigan, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont, West Virginia]
• NORTH-CENTRAL U.S.A.: United States [Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota, Wisconsin]
• NORTHWESTERN U.S.A.: United States [Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Washington]
• SOUTHEASTERN U.S.A.: United States [Delaware, Kentucky, Maryland, North Carolina (n. & w.), Tennessee, Virginia]
• SOUTH-CENTRAL U.S.A.: United States [New Mexico (n. & c.)]
• SOUTHWESTERN U.S.A.: United States [Arizona (n.), California, Nevada, Utah]


Cultivated

Asia-Temperate

• CHINA: China

Northern America

• Canada, United States


Naturalized

Africa

• SOUTHERN AFRICA: Lesotho, South Africa

Australasia

• AUSTRALIA: Australia
• NEW ZEALAND: New Zealand

Northern America

• Mexico

Pacific

• NORTH-CENTRAL PACIFIC: United States [Hawaii]

Southern America

• CENTRAL AMERICA: El Salvador
• WESTERN SOUTH AMERICA: Colombia
• SOUTHERN SOUTH AMERICA: Argentina, Uruguay

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