Phragmites australis can grow over five metres high and chokes out natural ecosystems Dave Gilson · CBC News · Posted: Feb 12, 2018 9:07 AM PST | Last Updated: February 12, 2018 ...

Phragmites australis had been in Canada 100 years before it was recognized as an alien invader, says Paul Catling, a senior scientist at Agriculture Canada.

It's invasive phragmites, dubbed "Ontario's worst invasive plant" by Agriculture and Agrifood Canada in 2005. Conservationists say that once you see it, you can't unsee it -- but there are a few ...

Phragmites Australis might look like a sea of swaying tall grasses in the sun — massive and golden, nearly biblical — but as they clog up scenic views and cause issues for local wildlife on ...

MANITOULIN—It rises like a mirage—tall, swaying, deceptively elegant. Ten feet high, with thick stalks and soft-plumed heads, phragmites might pass for something natural, even lovely, at first ...

A native subspecies of Common Reed (Phragmites australis subsp. americanus rather than the invasive Phragmites australis subsp. australis) can sometimes be found in Ontario. This subspecies can mainly ...

As many land managers and biologists will attest, Phragmites australis is a problem. Personally, I have been wrestling with this invasive plant more commonly called "common reed" or simply ...

1. Phragmites australis buds with attached rhizomes were planted in PVC tubes and grown under various salinity and flooding conditions in a greenhouse for one growing season. 2. P. australis buds did ...

The recent expansion of the reed Phragmites australis in western Atlantic salt marshes has become a conservation concern. Historically, Phragmites was restricted to the terrestrial border of marshes, ...

It's found along highways, ditches, and shorelines in southern Ontario, and it can grow to staggering heights, sometimes towering more than five metres above the ground. It's invasive phragmites, ...

It's invasive phragmites, dubbed "Ontario's worst invasive plant" by Agriculture and Agrifood Canada in 2005. Conservationists say that once you see it, you can't unsee it -- but there are a few ...