REED  , a See also:

• TERM

term applied to several distinct See also:

• SPECIES

species of large, See also:

• WATER

water-loving See also:

• GRASSES

grasses . The See also:

• COMMON

common or water-reed, Phragmites See also:

• COMMUNE (Med. Lat. communia, Lat. communis, common)
• COMMUNE, MEDIEVAL

commune (also known as Arundo phragmites), occurs along the margins of lakes, See also:

• FENS

fens, marshes and placid streams, not only throughout See also:

• BRITAIN (Gr. Hperavuml vi7vot, Bperravia; Lat. Britannia, rarely Britannia)

Britain, but widely distributed in See also:

• ARCTIC (Gr. "ApKroc, the Bear, the northern constellation of Ursa Major)

arctic and temperate regions . Another very important species in Ammophila arenaria (also known as A. arundinacea or Psamma arenaria), the See also:

• SEA (in O. Eng. sae, a common Teutonic word; cf. Ger. See, Dutch Zee, &c.; the ultimate source is uncertain)
• SEA, COMMAND OF THE

sea-reed or marram-grass, a native of the sandy shores of See also:

• EUROPE

Europe and N . See also:

• AFRICA
• AFRICA, ROMAN

Africa . Both species have been of notable See also:

• GEOLOGICAL

geological importance, the former binding the See also:

• SOIL

soil and so impeding denudation, and actually converting swamp into dry See also:

• LAND

land, largely by the aid of its tall (5 to so ft.) See also:

• CLOSE
• CLOSE (from Lat. clausum, shut)
• CLOSE, MAXWELL HENRY (1822-1903)

close set stems . The latter species, of which the branching rootstocks may be traced 30 or even 40 ft., is of still greater importance in holding See also:

• SAND
• SAND, GEORGE (1804-1876)

sand-See also:

• DUNES

dunes against the sea, and for this purpose has not only been See also:

• LONG, GEORGE (1800-1879)
• LONG, JOHN DAVIS (1838– )

long protected by See also:

• LAW
• LAW (0. Eng. lagu, M. Eng. lawe; from an old Teutonic root lag, " lie," what lies fixed or evenly; cf. Lat. lex, Fr. loi)
• LAW, JOHN (1671—1729)
• LAW, WILLIAM (1686-1761)

law, but has been extensively planted on the coasts of Nor-folk, See also:

• HOLLAND
• HOLLAND, CHARLES (1733–1769)
• HOLLAND, COUNTY AND PROVINCE OF
• HOLLAND, HENRY FOX, 1ST BARON (1705–1774)
• HOLLAND, HENRY RICH, 1ST EARL OF (1S9o-,649)
• HOLLAND, HENRY RICHARD VASSALL FOX, 3RD
• HOLLAND, JOSIAH GILBERT (1819-1881)
• HOLLAND, PHILEMON (1552-1637)
• HOLLAND, RICHARD, or RICHARD DE HOLANDE (fl. 1450)
• HOLLAND, SIR HENRY, BART

Holland, See also:

• GASCONY (Wasconia)

Gascony, &c . Other reeds are Calamagrostis (various species), Gynerium argenteum (See also:

• PAMPAS (Span. La Pampa, from a Quichua word signifying a level open space or terrace)

pampas grass), Deyeuxia, &c., also Arundo Donax, the largest See also:

• EUROPEAN

European grass (6 to 12 ft. high), which is abundant in Europe . Reeds have been used from the earliest times in thatching and in other branches of construction, and also for arrows, the pipes of musical See also:

• INSTRUMENTS

instruments, &c . Reed pens are still used in the See also:

• EAST
• EAST, ALFRED (1849- )

East . See also:

• PLANTS

Plants belonging to other orders occasionally See also:

• SHARE (O. Eng. scearu, chiefly in compounds, e.g. land-scearu, a share of land, from sceran to cut; cf. " shear" )

share the name, especially the See also:

• BUR, or BURR (apparently the same word as Danish borre, burdock, cf. Swed. kard-boore)

bur-reed (Sparganium) and the reed-See also:

• MACE (Fr. masse, O. Fr. mace, connected with Lat.'ntateola, a mallet)

mace (Typha), both belonging to the natural See also:

• ORDER
• ORDER (through Fr. ordre, for earlier ordene, from Lat. ordo, ordinis, rank, service, arrangement; the ultimate source is generally taken to be the root seen in Lat. oriri, rise, arise, begin; cf. " origin ")
• ORDER, HOLY

order Typhaceae . The bulrushes (Scirpus), belonging to the natural order See also:

• CYPERACEAE

Cyperaceae, are also to be distinguished .