Taxon: Calamagrostis canadensis (Michx.) P. Beauv.

See also subordinate taxa:

• Calamagrostis canadensis var. canadensis (1 accessions)
• Calamagrostis canadensis var. langsdorffii (no accessions)

Common names:

• bluejoint   (Source: Grass VarUSA ) – English
  
• bluejoint reed grass   (Source: Intermt F ) – English
  
• Canada bluejoint   (Source: Proc E Nat Grass Sym ) – English
  
• Canada reed grass   (Source: Intermt F ) – English
  
• calamagrostide du Canada   (Source: F NAmer ) – French
  

Economic importance:

• Environmental: revegetator   (fide Grass VarUSA)
  
• Animal food: fodder   (fide Food Feed Crops US)
  
• Animal food: forage   (fide Food Feed Crops US)
  

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Distributional range:

• NORTHERN AMERICA (Check conservation status in U.S. & Canada in NatureServe Explorer database)
  Subarctic America: Canada - Northwest Territory, Yukon Territory; Greenland [s.]
  Eastern Canada: Canada - New Brunswick, Newfoundland, Nova Scotia, Ontario, Prince Edward Island, Quebec
  Western Canada: Canada - Alberta, British Columbia, Manitoba, Saskatchewan
  Northeastern U.S.A.: United States - Connecticut, Indiana, Maine, Massachusetts, Michigan, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont, West Virginia
  North-Central U.S.A.: United States - Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri [n. & e.], Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota, Wisconsin
  Northwestern U.S.A.: United States - Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Washington, Wyoming
  Southeastern U.S.A.: United States - Delaware, Kentucky, Maryland, North Carolina [w.], Tennessee, Virginia [w.]
  South-Central U.S.A.: United States - New Mexico
  Southwestern U.S.A.: United States - Arizona, California [n.], Nevada

References:

• Alderson, J. & W. C. Sharp. 1995. Grass varieties in the United States, U.S.D.A. Agric. Handb. 170, rev. ed.
• Chester, E. W. et al. 1993–1997. Atlas of Tennessee vascular plants.
• Cronquist, A. et al. 1972–. Intermountain flora.
• Englert, J. 1999. New and upcoming native grass releases from the Eastern US Plant Materials Centers. P. 2:131 in: Ritchie, J. C. et al., eds., Proceedings of the Second Eastern Native Grass Symposium, November 17-19, 1999. Baltimore, Maryland.
• FNA Editorial Committee. 1993–. Flora of North America.
• Gleason, H. A. & A. Cronquist. 1991. Manual of vascular plants of northeastern United States and adjacent Canada, ed. 2.
• Hanelt, P., ed. 2001. Mansfeld's encyclopedia of agricultural and horticultural crops. Volumes 1-6.
• Hickman, J. C., ed. 1993. The Jepson manual: higher plants of California.
• Hitchcock, A. S. 1950. Manual of the grasses of the United States, ed. 2.
• Jones, R. L. 2005. Plant life of Kentucky: an illustrated guide to the vascular flora.
• Kartesz, J. T. 1994. A synonymized checklist of the vascular flora of the United States, Canada, and Greenland.
• Markle, G. M. et al., eds. 1998. Food and feed crops of the United States, ed. 2.
• Martin, W. C. & C. R. Hutchins. 1980. A flora of New Mexico.
• McGregor, R. L. et al. (The Great Plains Flora Association). 1977. Atlas of the Flora of the Great Plains.
• McGregor, R. L. et al. (The Great Plains Flora Association). 1986. Flora of the Great Plains.
• Mohlenbrock, R. H. & D. M. Ladd. 1978. Distribution of Illinois vascular plants.
• Ohio Flora Committee (E. L. Braun, T. S. Cooperrider, T. R. Fisher, J. J. Furlow). 1967–. The vascular flora of Ohio.
• Radford, A. E. et al. 1964. Manual of the vascular flora of the Carolinas.
• Scoggan, H. J. 1978–1979. The flora of Canada, 4 vol.
• Steyermark, J. A. 1977. Flora of Missouri.
• Voss, E. 1972–. Michigan flora.
• Welsh, S. L. et al. 1993. A Utah flora.

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Search AGRICOLA article citation database for citations referencing Calamagrostis canadensis.

Search NCBI's Entrez search engine for PubMed citations referencing Calamagrostis canadensis.

Search Biodiversity Heritage Library for historical publications referencing Calamagrostis canadensis.

Synonyms:

• (≡) Arundo canadensis Michx. (basionym)
  
• Arundo langsdorffii Link [≡ Calamagrostis canadensis var. langsdorffii]
  
• Calamagrostis langsdorffii (Link) Trin. [≡ Calamagrostis canadensis var. langsdorffii]
  (previously associated with 10 accessions)
• Calamagrostis purpurea subsp. langsdorffii (Link) Tzvelev [≡ Calamagrostis canadensis var. langsdorffii]
  (previously associated with 10 accessions)

Check other web resources for Calamagrostis canadensis (Michx.) P. Beauv.:

• PLANTS: USDA-NRCS Database of Plants of the United States and its Territories
• BONAP: North American Plant Atlas of the Biota of North America Program
• TROPICOS: Nomenclatural and Specimen Database of the Missouri Botanical Garden
• CNWG: Catalogue of New World Grasses Searchable Database
• Grass Manual on the Web: Manual of Grasses for North America North of Mexico
• World Grass Species-Descriptions: Morphological species description from Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
• Mansfeld: Mansfeld's World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops
• ePIC: Electronic Plant Information Centre of Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
• AGRICOLA: Article Citation Database or NAL Catalog of USDA's National Agricultural Library
• Entrez: NCBI's search engine for PubMed citations, GenBank sequences, etc.

Images:

• GRIN Images of germplasm accessions.
• Forestry Images: from www.forestryimages.org
• Spikelets and/or florets: U.S. National Seed Herbarium image

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• Check PlantSystematics.org for additional images
• Images Note: Be advised that their identity may be inaccurate. Proper identification of a plant may require specialized taxonomic knowledge or comparison with properly documented herbarium material.

Abbreviations & symbols in GRIN Taxonomy

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