Susceptibility of Native and Non-Native Common Reed to the Non-Native Mealy Plum Aphid (Homoptera: Aphididae) in North America

2007 ◽  
Vol 36 (2) ◽  
pp. 451-457 ◽  
Author(s):  
Adam M. Lambert ◽  
Richard A. Casagrande
Keyword(s):  
North America ◽  
Common Reed ◽  
Mealy Plum Aphid

scholarly journals A review of the ecological effects of European Common Reed (Phragmites australis) on fishes and fish habitat in North America

2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Emillie Elizabeth Rose
Keyword(s):  
North America ◽  
Phragmites Australis ◽  
Water Availability ◽  
Fish Habitat ◽  
Common Reed ◽  
Ecological Impacts ◽  
Native Plant ◽  
Wetland Plant ◽  
Native Plant Species ◽  
Native Fishes

The invasive European Common Reed (Phragmites australis), first established in North America in the early 1900’s, is now a dominant emergent aquatic plant in many coastal and inland wetlands. A review of the literature was conducted to evaluate the extent of ecological impacts on fishes and their habitat, such as changes in the composition and abundance of native fishes and wetland plants, and alterations to water availability and substrate. The review indicated that a reduction in the abundance of native fishes was common (54.54% of studies), as were impacts to fish habitat (e.g., 54.54% of studies documented a change in wetland plant composition). Many studies were conducted in the eastern and northern United States, which showed that the abundance of juvenile and larval fishes was significantly lower in marshes dominated by P. australis, relative to those dominated by native plant species (Spartina alterniflora); however, changes to wetland plant abundance and composition, water availability, water temperature, nutrient cycling, substrate, reproduction and spawning, genetics of native fishes, and general food web effects were also observed. These results indicate that P. australis poses numerous ecological impacts to the structure and function of wetland habitats, with implications for the ongoing productivity of aquatic ecosystems. 

A new species of Stenodiplosis (Diptera: Cecidomyiidae) on florets of the invasive common reed (Phragmites australis) and its effects on seed production

2013 ◽  
Vol 145 (3) ◽  
pp. 235-246 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jordan E. Ahee ◽  
Bradley J. Sinclair ◽  
Marcel E. Dorken
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
North America ◽  
Phragmites Australis ◽  
Aquatic Macrophyte ◽  
Gall Midge ◽  
Positive Association ◽  
Common Reed ◽  
Ecological Interactions ◽  
Introduced Range ◽  
A New Species

AbstractA new species of gall midge, Stenodiplosis phragmicola Sinclair and Ahee (Diptera: Cecidomyiidae), is described. The host plant, Phragmites australis (Cavanilles) Trinius ex Steudel (Poaceae), is a tall, widely distributed emergent aquatic macrophyte. An introduced subspecies of the plant is considered invasive in North America (although a native subspecies also occurs). Insect specimens were collected during September 2010 and 2011 from the florets of common reed at 12 sites around Peterborough, Ontario, Canada. Preliminary data on ecological interactions between the plant and the insect are presented. Out of 2400 florets sampled, 9.5% were host to larvae of S. phragmicola. Three sites had much higher rates of infestation, with between 20% and 30% florets, and up to 100% of sampled shoots containing fly larvae. The largest stands in the sample all hosted fly populations and there was a positive association between the reproductive output of P. australis stands (measured as the average inflorescence mass per stand) and the proportion of shoots per stand containing larvae. The occurrence of S. phragmicola on the native subspecies of P. australis is also documented. Insects that consume reproductive structures of the common reed have not previously been reported from the plant's introduced range in North America.

scholarly journals Hybridization of common reed in North America? The answer is blowing in the wind

AoB Plants ◽  
2012 ◽  
Vol 2012 ◽  
Author(s):  
L. A. Meyerson ◽  
C. Lambertini ◽  
M. K. McCormick ◽  
D. F. Whigham
Keyword(s):  
North America ◽  
Common Reed

PhragNet: crowdsourcing to investigate ecology and management of invasive Phragmites australis (common reed) in North America

2017 ◽  
Vol 25 (5) ◽  
pp. 607-618 ◽  
Author(s):  
Victoria M. Hunt ◽  
Jeremie B. Fant ◽  
Laura Steger ◽  
Paul E. Hartzog ◽  
Eric V. Lonsdorf ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
North America ◽  
Phragmites Australis ◽  
Common Reed

Phragmites australis (common reed).

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chris Parker
Keyword(s):  
North America ◽  
Phragmites Australis ◽  
North American ◽  
Native Species ◽  
Common Reed ◽  
Native North American ◽  
Insect Populations ◽  
The Common ◽  
Suitable Habitats ◽  
Wetland Habitats

Abstract Phragmites australis, the common reed, is an aggressive, vigorous species which, in suitable habitats, will out-compete virtually all other species and form a totally dominant stand. Its invasive character has been particularly apparent in North America where it has become dominant in a range of wetland habitats replacing native species and biotypes including the native North American P. australis subsp. americanus. Bird, fish and insect populations can also be affected.

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