phragmites
any of several tall grasses of the genus Phragmites, having plumed heads, growing in marshy areas, especially the common reed P. australis (or P. communis).
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The Papyrus antiquorum, ten feet high, has much the same habit as our phragmites and other water plants.
The Romance of Plant Life | G. F. Scott ElliotHides by day in the old stems of reed (phragmites), and feeds at night on the leaves, August to October.
The Moths of the British Isles, First Series | Richard SouthIt feeds from August to October on the leaves of the reed (phragmites), hiding by day in the stems.
The Moths of the British Isles, First Series | Richard SouthIt feeds from April to June in the stems of reed (phragmites), causing the leaves of the affected stems to whiten.
The Moths of the British Isles, First Series | Richard SouthDr. William Marshall writes, that it only breeds in certain localities where a large water reed (phragmites arundinacea) abounds.
Darwinism (1889) | Alfred Russel Wallace
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