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Pronunciation: frag-MY-tees aw-STRAY-lis
Common name: Common reed
Family: Poaceae (Grass)
Habitat: Wet places to 5000', edges of alkali sink, creosote bush scrub, deserts, cismontane Calif.
Blooming period: July to November
Name derivations: 1) Phragmites 2) australis
These photographs were taken in the Saline Valley.