Calamagrostis stricta in Genus Calamagrostis

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Internal ID	UUID64402f3574e4e457437622
Scientific name	Calamagrostis stricta
Authority	(Timm) Koeler
First published in	Descr. Gramin. : 105 (1802)

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Common products:
- Hay and silage (whole plant, cut at maturity) for livestock feed; harvested as a forage grass in temperate regions and sold in bulk or packaged form.
- Ornamental live plants (clumps, plugs, or sod) for native landscaping and restoration projects; produced by specialty native plant nurseries and used in residential, commercial, and municipal plantings.

Industrial and craft applications:
- Erosion control and slope stabilization: the species is incorporated into biodegradable erosion control blankets, fiber rolls, and matting used in civil‑engineering, mining reclamation, and highway embankments; its deep, fibrous root system provides rapid soil reinforcement.
- Land reclamation and revegetation: employed in restoration of disturbed sites, riparian buffers, and wetland edges; included in seed mixes for phytostabilization of disturbed soils and for establishing native grassland cover.
- Bioengineering green infrastructure: used in green roof substrates, stormwater management swales, and living shoreline projects where its colonizing habit and tolerance of seasonal flooding are advantageous.

Properties relevant to use:
- Cool‑season perennial grass with high cellulose and lignin content; the fibrous root system and rhizomatous growth habit enable effective soil binding and rapid colonization of bare substrates.
- Nutritional profile typical of cool‑season grasses: hay contains moderate crude protein (≈8–12 % DM) and high neutral detergent fiber (≈30–40 % DM), providing an energy‑dense forage for ruminants and horses.
- Phenology: early spring growth supplies early‑season pasture, while later cut hay retains good digestibility; tolerance of cold temperatures and adaptation to mesic to wet soils make it suitable for a range of climates.

Standards and regulation:
- Hay quality: governed by USDA Feed and Forage Standards, including moisture limits, protein and fiber specifications, and grading criteria; testing methods follow ASTM D 3274 (moisture) and ASTM D 5373 (protein).
- Erosion control products: ASTM D 4355 (tensile strength) and ASTM D 4751 (mass per unit area) are applied to fiber‑based matting and blankets; compliance with EPA/State sediment control regulations is required for land‑application uses.
- Organic production: USDA National Organic Program (NOP) certification is available for hay and ornamental plants grown without synthetic inputs.

Sustainability and sourcing:
- The species is native to much of temperate North America, Europe, and Asia, supporting local ecosystems; harvest from wild stands is regulated by state/provincial wildlife agencies to prevent over‑collection.
- Sustainable practices include rotational harvesting, retention of seed‑bank areas, and use of certified‑seed sources for restoration; life‑cycle assessments (ISO 14040) are increasingly applied to evaluate environmental impacts of hay production and erosion‑control material manufacturing.
- Carbon sequestration: its deep root system contributes to soil organic carbon, and its use in large‑scale restoration projects provides measurable climate‑mitigation benefits.

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Scientific name	Authority	First published in
Agrostis arundinacea	J.Presl	Reliq. Haenk. 1: 238 (1830)
Arundo groenlandica	Schrank	Denkschr. Königl.-Baier. Bot. Ges. Regensburg 1(2): 8 (1818)
Arundo neglecta	Ehrh.	Beitr. Naturk. 6: 84 (1791)
Arundo stricta	Timm	Mag. Naturk. Oekon. Mecklenburgs 2: 235 (1795)
Arundo stricta	Hofft.	Cat. Kursk. : 7 (1826)
Calamagrostis aculeolata	(Hack.) Ohwi	Acta Phytotax. Geobot. 2: 278 (1933)
Calamagrostis ameghinoi	Macl.	Rep. Princeton Univ. Exped. Patagonia, Botany 8(1): 193 (1904)
Calamagrostis borealis	Laest.	Bidr. Växtligh. : 44 (1860)
Calamagrostis contracta	Dumort.	Observ. Gramin. Belg. 126. 1824 [Jul-Sep 1824]
Calamagrostis freticola	Macloskie	Rep. Princeton Univ. Exped. Patagonia, Botany 8(1): 194 (1904)
Calamagrostis fuegiana	Speg.	Anales Mus. Nac. Buenos Aires 5: 85 (1896)
Calamagrostis groenlandica	Kunth	Révis. Gramin. 1: 75 (1829)
Calamagrostis haenkeana	Hitchc.	Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 24: 371 (1927)
Calamagrostis hookeri	(Druce) Druce	Comital. Fl. Brit. Isl. : 352 (1932)
Calamagrostis inexpansa	A.Gray ex Torr.	Fl. New York 2: 445 (1843)
Calamagrostis jakutensis	Petrov	Fl. Iakut. 1: 214 (1930)
Calamagrostis kolgujewensis	Gand.	Bull. Soc. Bot. France 56: 533 (1909)
Calamagrostis laxiflora	Kearney	Bull. Div. Agrostol. U.S.D.A. 11: 34 (1898)
Calamagrostis lucida	Scribn.	Circ. Div. Agrostol. U.S.D.A. 30: 8 (1900)
Calamagrostis magellanica	Phil.	Anales Univ. Chile 94: 20 (1897)
Calamagrostis micrantha	Kearney	Bull. Div. Agrostol. U.S.D.A. 11: 36 (1898)
Calamagrostis neglecta	G.Gaertn., B.Mey. & Scherb.	Oekon. Fl. Wetterau 1: 94 (1799)
Calamagrostis neglecta f. exserta	(Dom.) Soó	Acta Bot. Acad. Sci. Hung. 17: 122 (1971 publ. 1972)
Calamagrostis neglecta f. violacea	Matuszk.	Ann. Univ. Mariae Curie-Sklodowska, Sect. C, Biol. 3: 250 1948
Calamagrostis neglecta subsp. aculeolata	(Hack.) T.Koyama	Grass. Japan : 496 (1987)
Calamagrostis neglecta subsp. borealis	(C.Laest.) Á.Löve	Bot. Not. 1950: 27.
Calamagrostis neglecta subsp. groenlandica	(Schrank) Matuszk.	Ann. Univ. Mariae Curie-Sklodowska, Sect. C, Biol. 3: 242 (1948)
Calamagrostis neglecta subsp. micrantha	(Kearney) Tzvelev	Novosti Sist. Vyssh. Rast. 2: 29 (1965)
Calamagrostis neglecta subsp. stricta	(Timm) Tzvelev	Novosti Sist. Vyssh. Rast. 2: 30. 1965 (1965)
Calamagrostis neglecta var. aculeolata	(Hack.) Miyabe & Kudô	J. Fac. Agric. Hokkaido Imp. Univ. 26: 140 1930
Calamagrostis neglecta var. borealis	Kearney	Bull. Div. Agrostol. U.S.D.A. 11: 35 (1898)
Calamagrostis neglecta var. elatior	Hausskn. ex Andersson	Pl. Scand. 2: 88. 1852
Calamagrostis neglecta var. groenlandica	(Schrank) Druce	Rep. Bot. Soc. Exch. Club Brit. Isles 9: 302 (1931)
Calamagrostis neglecta var. hookeri	(Syme) Druce	List Brit. Pl. ed. 2: 127 1928
Calamagrostis neglecta var. interruptus	(Wahlenb.) Benn.	London Cat. Brit. Pl. ed. 11: 50 1925
Calamagrostis neglecta var. latifolia	Holmgren ex Andersson	Pl. Scand. 2: 88. 1852
Calamagrostis neglecta var. laxa	Griseb.	Fl. Ross. (Ledeb.) 4: 429. 1852
Calamagrostis neglecta var. micrantha	Stebbins	Rhodora 32: 55 (1930)
Calamagrostis neglecta var. obscura	Meinsh.	Fl. Ingr. Gouv. St. Petersburg 455. 1878
Calamagrostis neglecta var. pallida	Meinsh.	Fl. Ingr. Gouv. St. Petersburg 455. 1878
Calamagrostis neglecta var. poaeoides	(Steud.) Hack.	Anales Mus. Nac. Hist. Nat. Buenos Aires 21: 103 1911
Calamagrostis neglecta var. stricta	(Timm) Griseb.	Fl. Ross. (Ledeb.) 4: 429. 1852
Calamagrostis neglecta var. viridis	Torges	Syn. Mitteleur. Fl. 2(1): 208. 1899
Calamagrostis neglecta var. wrightii	Kearney	Bull. Div. Agrostol. U.S.D.A. 11: 36 (1898)
Calamagrostis ochotensis	V.N.Vassil.	Bot. Mater. Gerb. Bot. Inst. Komarova Akad. Nauk S.S.S.R. 8: 214 (1940)
Calamagrostis poioides	Steud.	Syn. Pl. Glumac. [Steudel] 1: 423. 1854 (1854)
Calamagrostis praerupta	V.N.Vassil.	Feddes Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 68: 236 (1963)
Calamagrostis reverdattoi	Golub	Sist. Zametki Mater. Gerb. Krylova Tomsk. Gosud. Univ. Kuybysheva 1936(4): 3 (1936)
Calamagrostis robertii	A.E.Porsild	Publ. Bot. (Ottawa) 4: 5 (1974 publ. 1975)
Calamagrostis stricta f. exserta	Domin	Acta Bot. Bohem. 13: 99 1942
Calamagrostis stricta subsp. atrorubens	Blytt	Nye Bidr. Kund. Karp. Udbred. Norge 3: 8. 1892 (1892)
Calamagrostis stricta subsp. borealis	(Laest.) Á.Löve	Bot. Not. 114: 50 1961
Calamagrostis stricta var. aculeolata	Hack.	Bull. Herb. Boissier 7: 652 1899
Calamagrostis stricta var. borealis	(C.Laest.) Hartm.	Handb. Skand. Fl. [ed. 11] 517. 1879
Calamagrostis stricta var. elatior	Hartm.	Handb. Skand. Fl. 46. 1820
Calamagrostis stricta var. geniculata	Blytt	Norsk Fl. 135. 1847
Calamagrostis stricta var. groenlandica	(Schrank) Á.Löve	Taxon 19: 299 (1970)
Calamagrostis stricta var. hookeri	Syme	Engl. Bot. ed. 3, 11: 56. 1873
Calamagrostis stricta var. humilior	Hartm.	Handb. Skand. Fl. 46. 1820
Calamagrostis sylvatico-stricta	Kuehlew. ex Ledeb.	Fl. Ross. (Ledeb.) 4(13): 429. 1852 [Sep 1852]
Deyeuxia ameghinoi	Speg.	Anales Mus. Nac. Buenos Aires 7: 190 (1902)
Deyeuxia borealis	Macoun	Cat. Canad. Pl. 2(4): 207 (1888)
Deyeuxia borealis	Druce	Rep. Bot. Soc. Exch. Club Brit. Isles 5: 133 (1917 publ. 1918)
Deyeuxia freticola	Speg.	Anales Mus. Nac. Buenos Aires 5: 87 (1896)
Deyeuxia groenlandica	(Schrank) Kerguélen	Lejeunia , n.s., 75: 301 (1975)
Deyeuxia groenlandica subsp. stricta	(Timm) Kerguélen	Lejeunia , n.s., 75: 302 (1975)
Deyeuxia hookeri	Druce	Rep. Bot. Soc. Exch. Club Brit. Isles 8: 140 (1926 publ. 1927)
Deyeuxia micrantha	(Kearney) L.Liu	Vasc. Pl. Hengduan Mount. 2: 2239 (1994)
Deyeuxia neglecta	Kunth	Révis. Gramin. 1: 76 (1829)
Deyeuxia neglecta var. aculeolata	(Hack.) Ohwi	J. Jap. Bot. 33: 209 1958
Deyeuxia neglecta var. borealis	(Laest.) Druce	List Brit. Pl. 80. 1908
Deyeuxia neglecta var. brevifolia	Vasey in Macoun	Cat. Canad. Pl. 2(4): 206 (1888)
Deyeuxia neglecta var. gracilis	Scribn.	Bot. Gaz. 11: 175. 1886
Deyeuxia poioides	(Steud.) Rúgolo	Fl. Patagonica 3: 361. 1978 (1978)
Deyeuxia vancouverensis	Vasey	Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 15(2): 48. 1888 [1 Feb 1888]
Calamagrostis stricta subsp. groenlandica	(Schrank) Á.Löve	Taxon 19: 299 (1970)
Calamagrostis groenlandica var. iljinii	Tzvelev	Zlaki Rossii : 224 (2019)
Calamagrostis sylvaticostricta	Kühlew. ex Griseb.	Fl. Ross. 4: 429 (1852)
Calamagrostis sylvatica subsp. contracta	Dumort.	Observ. Gramin. Belg. : 126 (1824)
Calamagrostis inexpansa subsp. micrantha	(Kearney) Stebbins & D.Zohary	Unknown (1930)
Arundo stricta var. interrupta	Wahlenb.	Fl. Lapp. : 28 (1812)
Arundo stricta var. angustata	Wahlenb.	Fl. Lapp. : 28 (1812)
Calamagrostis neglecta var. fallax	Asch.	Fl. Brandenburg 1: 822 (1864)
Calamagrostis neglecta var. poioides	(Steud.) Hack.	Anales Mus. Nac. Hist. Nat. Buenos Aires 21: 103 (1911)
Calamagrostis neglecta var. interrupta	(Wahlenb.) Benn.	London Cat. Brit. Pl. , ed. 11: 50 (1925)
Agrostis arundinacea var. contracta	(Dumort.) Lej.	Rev. Fl. Spa : 218 (1825)
Calamagrostis arundinacea var. contracta	(Dumort.) Koltz	Prodr. Fl. Grand-Duché Luxemb. : 186 (1873)
Calamagrostis stricta f. pilosior	Norm.	Christ. Vidensk.-Selsk. Forh. 1893 (16): 56 (1893)
Calamagrostis neglecta subsp. australis	Selander	Acta Phytogeogr. Suec. 28: 9 (1950

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English	narrow small-reed
English	slimstem reedgrass
Belarusian	пажарніца незаўважаемая
Czech	třtina přehlížená
German	moor-reitgras
German	moorreitgras
Estonian	calamagrostis neglecta subsp. stricta
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World Flora Online	wfo-0000858042
Canadensys	7501
USDA Plants	CAST36
Tropicos	25510845
KEW	urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:30241135-2
The Plant List	kew-403382
Plantarium	7426
Observations.org	2380
NCBI Taxonomy	497295
NBN Atlas	NBNSYS0000002632
Nature Serve	2.151010
IPNI	30241135-2
iNaturalist	75930
GBIF	2704899
Freebase	/m/04121d6
WisFlora	2823
EPPO	CLMST
EOL	1115309
Calflora (Californian flora)	8431
USDA GRIN	70138
Wikipedia	Calamagrostis_stricta

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Calamagrostis stricta

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