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Calamagrostis epigejos, the wood small-reed, is a robust, clump-forming, rhizomatous perennial grass to around 2 m tall with erect stems bearing long, narrow, strap-like leaves and dense, narrow, branching panicles of yellowish-brown flowers in summer. A vigorous and architectural grass for a naturalistic planting or large border.

About the genus

Calamagrostis, the reed grasses and small-reeds, are robust, rhizomatous perennial grasses forming upright tufts of linear leaves with erect stems bearing dense, branching, feathery flowering panicles in summer and autumn. Grown as ornamental grasses in borders and naturalistic plantings.

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