Cinna (genus)
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Cinna is a small genus of grasses
known by the common name woodreeds. There are only four species but they are quite widespread and can be found across the temperate
Americas and Eurasia. Woodreeds are perennial grasses with long, soft panicle
inflorescences. They are found in moist areas, especially near bodies of water.
Species:
Poaceae
The Poaceae is a large and nearly ubiquitous family of flowering plants. Members of this family are commonly called grasses, although the term "grass" is also applied to plants that are not in the Poaceae lineage, including the rushes and sedges...
known by the common name woodreeds. There are only four species but they are quite widespread and can be found across the temperate
Temperate
In geography, temperate or tepid latitudes of the globe lie between the tropics and the polar circles. The changes in these regions between summer and winter are generally relatively moderate, rather than extreme hot or cold...
Americas and Eurasia. Woodreeds are perennial grasses with long, soft panicle
Panicle
A panicle is a compound raceme, a loose, much-branched indeterminate inflorescence with pedicellate flowers attached along the secondary branches; in other words, a branched cluster of flowers in which the branches are racemes....
inflorescences. They are found in moist areas, especially near bodies of water.
Species:
- Cinna arundinacea - sweet woodreed, stout woodreed
- Cinna bolanderiCinna bolanderiCinna bolanderi is a species of grass known by the common names Bolander's woodreed and Sierran woodreed. It is endemic to the Sierra Nevada of California, where it grows in meadows and forest, especially in moist areas. It can reach two meters in height and has a spreading inflorescence of...
- Bolander's woodreed - Cinna latifoliaCinna latifoliaCinna latifolia is a species of grass known by the common name drooping woodreed. It is a native bunchgrass to the Northern Hemisphere, where it has a circumboreal distribution. It grows in moist habitat, such as forest understory and riverbanks. It reaches nearly two meters in maximum height...
- drooping woodreed - Cinna poaeformis