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Scandinavian Small-reed

Calamagrostis purpurea

Easily confused with

Study checks a spoken answer against these, and tells you which one you named.

Where it is recorded

Records by month in Alaska.January 1,332, February 984, March 1,541, April 2,425, May 3,496, June 3,812, July 4,079, August 3,508, September 2,576, October 1,922, November 1,051, December 821.
United States27,547
Alaska27,546
Russia1,219
Irkutsk Oblast395
Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug189
Kamchatka Krai131
Buryatia88
Krasnoyarsk Krai70
Khanty-Mansiysk Autonomous Okrug – Ugra66
Amur Oblast44

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

Traits

Group and habits

Classification

KingdomPlants · Plantae
PhylumVascular Plants · Tracheophyta
Classmonocots · Liliopsida
Ordergrasses, sedges, cattails, and allies · Poales
Familygrasses · Poaceae
GenusReedgrasses · Calamagrostis

Sources

Remember the name next time.

Practise Scandinavian Small-reed with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.