EPPO Global Database

• EPPO Code: CLKMA
• Preferred name: Cladium mariscus
• Authority: (Linnaeus) Pohl

Euromediterranean, Macaronesia, Siberia (western), Caucasus, Central Asia, Western Asia (Iran to Himalayas), China, Japan, Korea, USA (southern), Mexico,  Caribbean, South America (except southern cone), Australia (except Northern). Traditionally used for thatching. Introduced in Senegal, Nigeria, Cameroon, Ethiopia to central and southern Africa generally, Madagascar, Malesia (Sumatra), New Guinea