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Cinna (plant)
Genus of grasses From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Cinna is a small genus of grasses known by the common name woodreeds. There are only four known species, but they are quite widespread in the Americas and northern Eurasia.[3][4][5]
Woodreeds are perennial grasses with long, soft panicle inflorescences. They are found in moist areas, especially near bodies of water.[6][7]
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Species
- Cinna arundinacea - sweet woodreed, stout woodreed - eastern Canada, eastern & central United States
- Cinna bolanderi - Bolander's woodreed - central California (Fresno, Tulare, Mariposa counties)
- Cinna latifolia - drooping woodreed - northern Eurasia from Norway to Japan & Magadan; Canada incl Arctic territories; northern & western United States
- Cinna poiformis - Mexico, Central America, Venezuela, Colombia, Peru, Ecuador, Bolivia[2][8]
Formerly included
Species now considered better suited to other genera: Agrostis, Andropogon, Arctagrostis, Calamagrostis, Dichelachne, Echinopogon, Limnodea, Muhlenbergia, Pogonatherum, and Sporobolus[2]
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