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Arundo donax L.






Mount Usu / Sarobetsu post-mined peatland
From left: Crater basin in 1986 and 2006. Cottongrass / Daylily

Arundo Tourn. ex L. (ダンチク)
Danchiku (ダンチク, 葮竹/暖竹), Spanish reed or great reed
Lifeform: perennial grass, becoming 2-4 m in height
Distribution: tropical Asia and southern Europe in tropical to temperate regions

including south to Kanto District, Japan
100 of the World's Worst Invasive Alien Species

Habitat: coastal sides
Use: woodwind reeds, fishing rods, and walking sticks
var. barbigera (Honda) Ohwi (ムラサキダンチク), purple inflorescence
var. coleotricha Hack. (タカサゴダンチク), south to Ryukyu, dense hair on young sheath
cv. versicolor (フイリダンチク) (syn. var. versicolor (Mill.) Stokes)
索引

Zizania latifolia in Hokkaido


ST1 ST2 ST3
[1-3] close to an AMeDAS establised in Shionomisaki Cape, Wakayama Prefecture, western Japan, on June 25 2024.

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