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Calamagrostis × acutiflora
'Overdam' cultivar
'Eldorado' cultivar
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Monocots
Clade:	Commelinids
Order:	Poales
Family:	Poaceae
Subfamily:	Pooideae
Genus:	Calamagrostis
Species:	C. × acutiflora
Binomial name
Calamagrostis × acutiflora (Schrad.) DC.
Synonyms
List Arundo × acutiflora Schrad. Arundo × agrostis Weber Arundo × pseudoarundinacea Schleich. ex Gaudin Arundo × splendida Schkuhr ex Steud. Arundo × subulata J.Gay ex Rchb. Calamagrostis × arundinacea Wibel Calamagrostis × subulata Dumort. Calamagrostis × subuliglumis Hartm. Calamagrostis × trinii Rupr. Calamagrostis × yatabei Maxim. Deyeuxia × acutiflora (Schrad.) P.Beauv. Deyeuxia × montana Boiss. Donax × acutiflorus (Schrad.) P.Beauv.

Calamagrostis × acutiflora, called feather reed-grass, is a naturally occurring hybrid species of grass in the genus Calamagrostis, occasionally found in Europe and Asia. Its cultivar 'Karl Foerster' has gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit.

It is a hybrid of Calamagrostis arundinacea and Calamagrostis epigejos, both widespread Eurasian species.

References

1. J.B.A.M.de Lamarck & A.P.de Candolle, Fl. Franç., ed. 3, 5: 255 (1815)
2. ^ "Calamagrostis × acutiflora (Schrad.) DC". Plants of the World Online. Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. 2017. Retrieved 22 February 2021.
3. "Calamagrostis × acutiflora 'Karl Foerster' feather reed-grass 'Karl Foerster'". The Royal Horticultural Society. Retrieved 22 February 2021. Synonyms; Calamagrostis 'Stricta'

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