Introductory
SPECIES: Calamagrostis canadensis | Bluejoint Reedgrass 



ABBREVIATION : 
CALCAN

SYNONYMS : 
NO-ENTRY


SCS PLANT CODE : 
   CACA4


COMMON NAMES : 
   bluejoint reedgrass
   bluejoint
   meadow pinegrass
   Canadian reedgrass
   marsh pinegrass
   marsh reedgrass


TAXONOMY : 
The currently accepted scientific name for bluejoint reedgrass is
Calamagrostis canadensis (Michx.) Beauv.  This is an exceedingly
variable species with one subspecies and eleven varieties described.
Recognized subspecies and varieties are as follows [1,12,21,23,39]:
        
                 C. c. ssp. langsdorffi (Link) Hult.
                 C. c. var. canadensis (Michx.) Beauv.
                 C. c. var. robusta Vasey
                 C. c. var. acuminata Vasey
                 C. c. var. pallida (Vasey & Scriber) Stebbins
                 C. c. var. macouniana (Vasey) Stebbins
                 C. c. var. typicana Stebbins
                 C. c. var. imberbis (Stebbins) C.Hitchc.
                 C. c. var. lactea (W.J. Beal.) C.Hitchc.
                 C. c. var. langsdorfii (Link) Inman
                 C. c. var. scabra (J.Presl.) A.Hitchc.
                 C. c. var. arcta Stebbins.


LIFE FORM : 
Graminoid

FEDERAL LEGAL STATUS : 
No special status

OTHER STATUS : 
NO-ENTRY


COMPILED BY AND DATE : 
Juile L. Tesky, March 1992.


LAST REVISED BY AND DATE : 
NO-ENTRY


AUTHORSHIP AND CITATION : 
Tesky, Julie L. 1992. Calamagrostis canadensis. In: Remainder of Citation

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