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23 unusual facts about Phragmites


African chameleon

The African chameleon is usually found on the lower branches of trees, on shrubs and on reeds (Phragmites).

African Marsh Harrier

It is usually found in wetland areas, especially those with reeds, but also occurs in grassland and farmland where it forages.

Barasingha

They largely feed on grasses and aquatic plants, foremost on Saccharum, Imperata cylindrica, Narenga porphyrocoma, Phragmites karka, Oryza rufipogon, Hygroryza and Hydrilla.

Barrington, Somerset

The village is located on the southern edge of the Somerset Levels and many of the houses are built from cob and thatched with local reeds.

Black Heron

The nest of the Black Heron is constructed of twigs placed over water in trees, bushes, and reed beds, forming a solid structure.

Bodice

To achieve a fashionable shape and support the bust, the bodice was frequently stiffened with bents (a type of reed), or whalebone.

Carrizo Springs, Texas

The name "Carrizo Springs" derives from similarly named springs in the area; the name is Spanish for a type of grass once common in the area.

Common Waxbill

They are often found near water in marshes and among reeds.

Cossack pirates

The Chaikas were surrounded by reeds that helped in buoyancy and also provided extra protection against gunfire.

Cuicocha

The intra-caldera islands, on the other hand, support some wildlife, most notably the Silvery Grebe, which lives around the reeds and feeds on small fish, frogs, crayfish, small water snakes, seeds of water plants, and insects.

Griffith Wetlands Important Bird Area

Campbell's Swamp is a black box-lignum swamp containing extensive open areas punctuated by stands of reeds and cumbungi; it fills occasionally from local rainfall or with water released from the irrigation system.

Hockenhull Platts

The poplar plantation is sparse and its wet nature has created an unusual stand of common reed at the ground layer.

Kayamb

Kayambas are made of reed (or sugar cane flower stems) and is filled with jequirity or canna seeds, it is shaken horizontally with both hands.

Lykele Faber

Faber and Tazelaar installed themselves with radio equipment onboard a yacht hidden in the reed along the edges of the Lytse Wiid and Nannewiid lakes.

Macquarie Marshes

Among the variety of vegetation types supported by the marshes are River Red Gum forest and woodland, extensive beds of Common Reed, and meadows of Water Couch.

Marsh Warbler

The Marsh Warbler also tends to avoid the stands of pure reed which are the Reed Warbler's favoured habitat.

Pan and Syrinx

In answer, she was transformed into hollow water reeds that made a haunting sound when the god's frustrated breath blew across them.

Ruddy Darter

It tends to prefer quiet bodies of water that feature semiaquatic vegetation such as rushes and reeds.

Salakot

It is often made of either rattan or reeds, and is a traditional headdress besides the iconic conical Asian hat found in neighbouring Southeast and East Asian countries.

Slaty Egret

The preferred breeding habitat is beds of Phragmites reeds, but it will also nest on islands of vegetation such as water figs Ficus verruculosa, Acacia species and Senegal date palms Phoenix reclinata.

Southern reedbuck

It gets its name from two Latin words: reduncas (meaning bent backwards and curved, while the horns are bent forwards) and arundo (harundo) (meaning a reed; hence arundinum, pertaining to reeds).

Stufstock

Stufstock (Stuf - Romanian for reed - and stock from Woodstock) is a music festival that has taken place each year since 2003 in Vama Veche, Dobrogea, Romania, to protest against what some people may consider bad quality music (e.g. manele and Romanian pop music), and to call for the preservation of Vama Veche from the large scale development that has overtaken much of Romania's Black Sea coast.

Sudare

Yoshizu, non-hanging type sudare, are made of vertical slats of Common reed and used as screen.


Kushiro-shitsugen National Park

Reeds, sedges, peat moss wetlands, black alder thickets, rivers which bend freely back and forth, groups of lakes and marshes, and other wet ecosystems comprise a varied environment.

Lake Cahuilla

Prominent were freshwater fish (primarily bonytail, Gila elegans, and razorback sucker, Xyrauchen texanus), freshwater mussels (Anodonta dejecta), water birds (particularly American coot, Fulica americana), and marsh plants (cattail, Typha, tule, Scirpus, and reed, Phragmites).

Smoky Wainscot

The larva is brown with dark and white lines and feeds on various grasses including Alopecurus, Dactylis, Deschampsia, Leymus and Phragmites and has also been recorded on the sedge, Carex and the rush, Luzula.