Non-native Phragmites, also known as common reed, is a perennial, aggressive wetland grass that displaces native plant and animal species. Invasive Phragmites is one of the most widespread plants on Earth and is found worldwide. In the U.S. it grows in the eastern states particularly along the Atlantic Coast and increasingly across the Midwest and Pacific Northwest. It is usually an indicator of a wetland ecosystem that is out of balance. (click on thumbnails below for caption info)
USA: Washington, Columbia River Basin, Snake River Basin, Pasco, Big Flat Habitat Management Unit (USACE), phragmites (invasives)
USA: New York City, Queens, Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge, (Gateway National Recreation Area), West Pond Trail, Phragmites, an invasive species creating monoculture ecosystems
USA: New York, Lloyd Harbor, invasive phragmites reeds at sunset
CT: Rowayton, Phragmites grasses on Farm Creek early winter morning.
– Posted by Jasmine Graf, NWNL Associate Director
