†Phragmites latissima Knowlton 1899 (common reed)
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Angiospermae - Poales - Poaceae
Full reference: F. H. Knowlton. 1899. Fossil Flora of the Yellowstone National Park. USGS Monograph Series 32(2)
Belongs to Phragmites according to F. H. Knowlton 1919
See also Knowlton 1899
Sister taxa: Phragmites alaskana, Phragmites cliffwoodensis, Phragmites cordaiformis, Phragmites cretaceus, Phragmites falcata, Phragmites laramianus, Phragmites prattii
Ecology: "photoautotroph"
Distribution: found only at Northeast Side Crescent Hill (Eocene of Wyoming)
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