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Home  /  Plants  /  Budburst Species  /  Calamagrostis canadensis
Phenology Observation Sheet for Grasses

COMMON NAME

Blue joint grass

SCIENTIFIC NAME

Calamagrostis canadensis

ALSO KNOWN AS

Blue joint reedgrass, marsh reedgrass, Canadian reedgrass, meadow pinegrass, or marsh pinegrass

Plant family

Grass (Poaceae)

Plant group

Grasses

Blue joint grass can grow up to 5 feet tall. The leaves are flat and drooping. It forms flowering panicles.
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Identification hints

Blue joint grass forms tussocks in wet prairies.  The flowering panicles are purple when young, but turn straw-colored when mature.
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Blue joint grass provides food for both livestock and wildlife.
DISTRIBUTION IN TH U.S.
Arkansas , Arizona , California , Colorado , Connecticut , Delaware , Iowa , Idaho , Illinois , Indiana , Kansas , Kentucky , Massachusetts , Maryland , Maine , Michigan , Minnesota , Missouri , Montana , North Carolina , North Dakota , Nebraska , New Hampshire , New Jersey , New Mexico , Nevada , New York , Ohio , Oregon , Pennsylvania , Rhode Island , South Dakota , Tennessee , Utah , Virginia , Vermont , Washington , Wisconsin , West Virginia , Wyoming
HABITAT
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