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Phalaris arundinacea
reed canary grass
As recorded: Phalaris arundinacea L.
Plantae › Tracheophyta › Liliopsida › Poales › Poaceae
- Collected by
- Sargent, F.H.
- Collector number
- 7649
- Date
- June 14, 1958
- Locality
- Washington, D.C., Chain Bridge
- Region
- Washington, D.C., United States
- Record type
- Preserved specimen
Collected the same day
On June 14, 1958, Sargent, F.H. also collected 1 other specimen.
Phalaris arundinacea observed alive
This specimen was collected in 1958. Since 2000, iNaturalist observers have recorded 18,429 research-grade sightings in the wild, most recently on 2026-10-28.

2026-10-28
Horní Planá, Česko
(c) Milan Štech, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2026-10-28
Мильковский р-н, Камчатский край, Россия
(c) Ольга Курякова, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2026-10-27
St Anne Street & St Albert Place, St. Albert, AB T8N 6Z1, Canada
(c) Mic, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2026-10-27
St Albert Trail & Boudreau Rd, St. Albert, AB T8N 3L3, Canada
(c) Mic, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2026-10-26
Fraser-Fort George, BC, CA
(c) Eric Lamb, some rights reserved (CC BY)

2026-10-25
Seattle
(c) leighton_crownover, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
Observations and photos from iNaturalist, shown only when openly licensed.
Cite this specimen
Phalaris arundinacea. BISH 798921. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu. GBIF occurrence 5956461431. Accessed via explore.bishopmuseum.org/specimens/bish/798921.
Record sources
- GBIF occurrence 5956461431 ↗
- Data license: CC_BY_NC_4_0
- Last harvested October 26, 2026
