Habitats in the Western Desert Electronic Herbarium From our Expeditions

Phragmites australis

Family	Gramineae
Synonyms	Arundo phragmites, A. donax, A. australis, Phragmites communis, Arundo isiaca
Local name	Hagna, Bous, Ghaab
Habitat in Egypt	along watercourses, in areas of cultivation and on sandy plains with seasonally high water-table
Distribution	temperate regions of both hemispheres of the World