Appearance
The species is perennial and caespitose with elongated rhizomes and 30–100 centimetres long culms which are also erect. The leaf-sheaths are keelless and have a glabrous surface. It leaf-blades are 30–60 centimetres by 1.5–5 millimetres and are flat and stiff. The leaf-blade also have a ribbed and pubescent surface with scaberulous margins the apex of which is filiformed. The panicle is inflorescenced and lanceolate with the diameter being 7–20 centimetres by 1–3 centimetres . The main branches of the panicle are appressed and are 3–6 centimetres long while the other branches are terete and scabrous.Distribution
''Calamagrostis stricta'' is found in wetlands throughout Eurasia and into Mongolia and China. It is also common in Canada and the United States to which it was possibly introduced.References:
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