Calamagrostis stricta
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Calamagrostis stricta, known as slim-stem small reed grass[1] or narrow small-reed,[2] is a species of bunchgrass in the family Poaceae of the Holarctic Kingdom.
Description
General description
The species is perennial and caespitose with elongated rhizomes and Script error: No such module "convert". long culms which are also erect. The leaf-sheaths are keelless and have a glabrous surface. It leaf-blades are Script error: No such module "convert". by Script error: No such module "convert". and are flat and stiff. The leaf-blade also have a ribbed and pubescent surface with scaberulous margins the apex of which is filiformed. The panicle is inflorescenced and lanceolate with the diameter being Script error: No such module "convert". by Script error: No such module "convert".. The main branches of the panicle are appressed and are Script error: No such module "convert". long while the other branches are terete and scabrous.[3]
Spikelets and lemma
Its spikelets are solitary, lanceolate, and are Script error: No such module "convert". long. They have pedicelled fertile spikelets which are Script error: No such module "convert". long, filiformed, and have the same features as the branches. The spikelets also carry fertile one which have a Script error: No such module "convert". long rhachilla which is pilosed. It callus is hairy with its hairs being Script error: No such module "convert". long, barely reaching the lemma. Its lemma have a toothed apex which is also truncate and awned. The fertile lemma is Script error: No such module "convert". long and is both membranous and oblong. The species also have an elliptic and hyaline palea which is Script error: No such module "convert". long of lemma.[3]
Glumes, flowers and fruits
The glumes are firmer than fertile lemma and are elliptic, membranous, with acute apexes and asperulous surfaces. The flowers have two lodicules and two stigmas. They also have three stamens which are Script error: No such module "convert". long with it fruits being caryopsis and fusiformed with an additional pericarp. The fruits also have a farinosed endosperm and punctiform hilum.[3]
Distribution
Calamagrostis stricta is found in wetlands throughout Eurasia (including Siberia) and into Mongolia and China. It is also common in Canada and the United States to which it was possibly introduced.[3]
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