| Scientific Name: | Phalaris arundinacea |
| Common Name: | reed canary grass, ribbon grass |
| Family Name: | Poaceae |
| Origin: | Canada - central |
| Hardiness Zone: | Zone 4: (-34 to -29 °C) |
| Plant Type: | Invasive plant, Poales (grass-like) |
| Mature Size: | 1.3 - 2.0m x > 25m (height x width) |
| Habit: | Upright |
| Form: | Oval - vertical |
| Texture: | Medium - fine |
| Landscape Uses: | Erosion control |
| Exposure: | Full sun, Part sun/part shade |
| Soil or Media: | Acidic, Bog, Humus rich |
| Leaves: | Grass-like, Alternate, Parallel venation, Glabrous, Linear, Serrulate |
| Flowers: | Spikelet, Yellow, Jun-Jul-Aug-Sep |
| Fruit: | Grain (caryopsis), Yellow, Brown, Jun-Jul-Aug-Sep |
| Key ID Features: | |
| Leaf blades mostly 20-30cm long x 12-21mm wide, flat and sharp-pointed with rough margins; sheath margins transparent; auricles absent; ligule tall rounded, toothed or torn, hairy on surface facing blade. | |