phragmites
noun
phrag·mi·tes frag-ˈmī-ˌtēz 
: any of a genus (Phragmites) of widely distributed reeds with tall stems and large showy panicles resembling plumes
Example Sentences
Recent Examples on the Web After eight years of mechanical and chemical treatments, the state has reduced phragmites cover around the lake by 70%, leaving about 3,200 acres left to tackle, according to Ben Stireman, Utah’s sovereign lands program director. 
Brian Maffly, The Salt Lake Tribune, 8 Mar. 2022 Dense stands of invasive phragmites have sprung up along the district’s current discharge canal. Leia Larsen, The Salt Lake Tribune, 4 June 2022 In granting the variance to the phosphorus limit, state agencies are requiring North Davis Sewer to mitigate phragmites in Farmington Bay. Leia Larsen, The Salt Lake Tribune, 4 June 2022 Holdaway also wants to put cows on the land to knock back the phragmites, the 10-foot-high invasive reeds choking the shorelines. Brian Maffly, The Salt Lake Tribune, 31 Mar. 2022 After about three months, most of the phragmites were gone. Brian Maffly, The Salt Lake Tribune, 31 Mar. 2022 Rushforth and other scientists who study the lake reject this characterization of the lake’s condition, arguing current restoration efforts — like phragmites and carp removal along with habitat restoration — are working. Brian Maffly, The Salt Lake Tribune, 31 Mar. 2022 According to the Utah Department of Natural Resources, it is not known how much water would be saved by removing phragmites since they will eventually be replaced by other water-loving, preferably native plants, such as bulrushes and cattails. Brian Maffly, The Salt Lake Tribune, 8 Mar. 2022 One could either get soaked or fight through tangles of 12-foot-high phragmites, a reed species that thrives in wetlands. Lindsey Botts, The Arizona Republic, 30 Dec. 2021 See More
Brian Maffly, The Salt Lake Tribune, 8 Mar. 2022 Dense stands of invasive phragmites have sprung up along the district’s current discharge canal. Leia Larsen, The Salt Lake Tribune, 4 June 2022 In granting the variance to the phosphorus limit, state agencies are requiring North Davis Sewer to mitigate phragmites in Farmington Bay. Leia Larsen, The Salt Lake Tribune, 4 June 2022 Holdaway also wants to put cows on the land to knock back the phragmites, the 10-foot-high invasive reeds choking the shorelines. Brian Maffly, The Salt Lake Tribune, 31 Mar. 2022 After about three months, most of the phragmites were gone. Brian Maffly, The Salt Lake Tribune, 31 Mar. 2022 Rushforth and other scientists who study the lake reject this characterization of the lake’s condition, arguing current restoration efforts — like phragmites and carp removal along with habitat restoration — are working. Brian Maffly, The Salt Lake Tribune, 31 Mar. 2022 According to the Utah Department of Natural Resources, it is not known how much water would be saved by removing phragmites since they will eventually be replaced by other water-loving, preferably native plants, such as bulrushes and cattails. Brian Maffly, The Salt Lake Tribune, 8 Mar. 2022 One could either get soaked or fight through tangles of 12-foot-high phragmites, a reed species that thrives in wetlands. Lindsey Botts, The Arizona Republic, 30 Dec. 2021 See More Word History
Etymology
New Latin, from Greek phragmitēs growing in hedges, from phragma fence, hedge, from phrassein to enclose
First Known Use
1877, in the meaning defined above