Plants of
South Australia

Regional Species Conservation Assessments per IBRA subregion.

Least concern

Near threatened

Rare

Vulnerable

Endangered

Critically endangered

Extinct

Data deficient

Adelaide

Arkaroola

Ceduna

Coober Pedy

Hawker

Innamincka

Marla

Marree

Mount Gambier

Oodnadatta

Renmark

Wudinna

Keith

Yunta

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IBRA regions

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SUMMARY

Mount Gambier (SVP02)	Southern Volcanic Plain	Rare   (IUCN: RA d(i,ii))   [limited habitat]
Bridgewater (NCP01)	Naracoorte Coastal Plain	Near Threatened
Glenelg Plain (NCP02)		Rare   (IUCN: RA d(ii))   [localised]
Lucindale (NCP03)		Rare   (IUCN: RA d(ii))   [localised]
Kangaroo Island (KAN01)	Kanmantoo	Rare   (IUCN: RA d(i,ii))   [3 unvouchered records, prob undercollected]
Fleurieu (KAN02)		Least Concern
Mount Lofty Ranges (FLB01)	Flinders Lofty Block	Least Concern
Broughton (FLB02)		Least Concern
Southern Flinders (FLB04)		Rare   (IUCN: RA d(ii))
Northern Flinders (FLB05)		Rare   (IUCN: RA d(ii))   [limited habitat]
Central Flinders (FLB06)		Near Threatened
St Vincent (EYB02)	Eyre Yorke Block	Rare   (IUCN: RA d(ii))
South Olary Plain (MDD01)	Murray Darling Depression	Rare   (IUCN: RA d(i,ii))   [restricted to bores & dams]
Murray Mallee (MDD02)		Least Concern
Murray Lakes and Coorong (MDD03)		Least Concern
Murray Scroll Belt (RIV06)	Riverina	Least Concern
Dieri (SSD03)	Simpson Strzelecki Dunefields	Rare   (IUCN: RA d(i,ii))   (Probable Decline)   [limited habitat]
Warriner (SSD04)		Rare   (IUCN: RA d(i,ii))   [limited habitat]
Oodnadatta (STP02)	Stony Plains	Rare   (IUCN: RA d(i,ii))   [limited habitat]
Murnpeowie (STP03)		Rare   (IUCN: RA d(i,ii))   [limited habitat]
Peake-Dennison Inlier (STP04)		Rare   (IUCN: RA d(i,ii))   [limited habitat]
Witjira (STP06)		Rare   (IUCN: RA d(i,ii))   [limited habitat]
Baltana (STP07)		Rare   (IUCN: RA d(i,ii))   [limited habitat]

IBRA regions

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Mount Gambier (SVP02)	Southern Volcanic Plain	Rare   (IUCN: RA d(i,ii))   [limited habitat]
3 of 4 subregions	Naracoorte Coastal Plain	Near Threatened , Rare
2 of 2 subregions	Kanmantoo	Least Concern , Rare
5 of 6 subregions	Flinders Lofty Block	Least Concern , Near Threatened , Rare
St Vincent (EYB02)	Eyre Yorke Block	Rare   (IUCN: RA d(ii))
3 of 6 subregions	Murray Darling Depression	Least Concern , Rare
Murray Scroll Belt (RIV06)	Riverina	Least Concern
2 of 4 subregions	Simpson Strzelecki Dunefields	Rare
5 of 7 subregions	Stony Plains	Rare

Botanical art

Kath Alcock paintings: 6

Prior names

Phragmites vulgaris, nom.illeg.

Phragmites communis

Arundo phragmites

Arundo vulgaris, nom.illeg.

Arundo australis

Common names

Bamboo Reed

Common Reed

Etymology

Phragmites from the Greek 'phragma' meaning a fence or screen; alluding its growth usually in dense colonies, so forming a barrier.

Distribution and status

Herbarium regions: Lake Eyre, Flinders Ranges, Eyre Peninsula, Northern Lofty, Murray, Southern Lofty, South Eastern, Green Adelaide
NRM regions: Adelaide and Mount Lofty Ranges, Eyre Peninsula, Northern and Yorke, South Australian Arid Lands, South Australian Murray-Darling Basin, South East
AVH map: SA distribution map (external link)