The Mighty Phragmite

Phragmites (Phragmites australis), or the common reed, are technically gramminoids. Some say they are an invasive species yet the phragmite has countless useful purposes as food for us, as well as biofuel, insulation and more. Check out links below.

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[cjd]

Thank you for the poem! Wrote it in my foraging book under reeds. Love when I find poems in foraging books. Am looking up how to eat as we have fresh shoots in lawn which my brother will cut with lawn mower so figured why not try those.

[markgelbart]

Eull Gibbons said it made a good breakfast cereal.

[dreadnegus]

Cattails do much of the same and then much more... and are native. Nice to see different uses though.