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Scientific classification
Genus:	Calamagrostis
Species:	lapponica
Synonyms
Arundo confinis Willd. Arundo lapponica Wahlenb. Calamagrostis alaskana Kearney Calamagrostis confinis (Willd.) P. Beauv. Calamagrostis gorodkovii V.N. Vassil. Calamagrostis henriettae Petrov Calamagrostis lancea Ohwi Calamagrostis lapponica subsp. sibirica (Petrov) Tzvelev Calamagrostis lapponica var. gorodkowii Litv. ex Krylov Calamagrostis lapponica var. groenlandica Lange Calamagrostis lapponica var. nearctica A.E. Porsild Calamagrostis lapponica var. opima Hartm. Calamagrostis neglecta var. confinis (Willd.) Beal Calamagrostis pseudolapponica V.N. Vassil. Calamagrostis sibirica Petrov Deyeuxia confinis (Willd.) Kunth Deyeuxia lapponica (Wahlenb.) Kunth

Calamagrostis lapponica, the Lappland reedgrass, is a grass species native to colder parts of the Northern Hemisphere. It has been reported from Scandinavia, Russia, Greenland, Alaska, and every Canadian province and territory except the Maritime Provinces (Nova Scotia, New Brunswick and Prince Edward Island).

Calamagrostis lapponica is an herb growing up to 60 cm (24 inches) tall. It spreads by means of short underground rhizomes. Panicle is up to 15 cm (6 inches) long, frequently purple.

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