A German roofer building a reed roof

Reed is a generic polyphyletic botanical term used to describe numerous tall, grass-like plants of wet places, which are the namesake vegetation of reed beds. They are all members of the order Poales (in the modern, expanded cicrumscription), and include:

In the Poaceae (grass) family

• Common reed (Phragmites australis Cav.), the original species named reed
• Giant reed (Arundo donax L.), used for making reeds for musical instruments
• Burma reed (Neyraudia reynaudiana)
• Reed Canary-grass (Phalaris arundinacea)
• Reed sweet-grass (Glyceria maxima)
• Small-reed (Calamagrostis species)

In the Cyperaceae (sedge) family

• Paper reed or papyrus (Cyperus papyrus), the source of the Ancient Egyptian writing material, also used for making boats

In the Sparganiaceae family

• Bur-reed (Sparganium species)

In the Typhaceae family

• Reed-mace (Typha species), also called bulrush or cattail

In the Restionaceae family

• Cape Thatching Reed (Chrondopetalum tectorum), a restio originating from the South-western Cape, South Africa.
• Thatching Reed (Thamnochortus insignis), another restio species originating from the same geographic region.

Use in thatching[link]

Phragmites australis, the common reed, is used in many areas for thatching roofs. In the United Kingdom, common reed used for this purpose is known as "Norfolk reed" or "water reed". However, "wheat reed" and "Devon reed", also used for thatching, are not in fact reed, but long-stemmed wheat straw.

See also[link]

Wikisource has the text of the 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica article Reed.

• Constructed wetland
• Reed bed
• Reed boat
• Reed fields
• Thatching

Kate Amelia Reed (born 28 September 1982 in Bristol) is a British long-distance runner.

She finished second at the 2006 World University Cross Country Championships and second in the team event at the 2007 European Cross Country Championships. In 2008 she finished twenty-third at the Olympic Games.

Her personal bests are:

• 1500 metres - 4:13.55 min (2007)
• 3000 metres - 9:01.17 min (2007)
• 5000 metres - 15:29.10 min (2007)
• 10,000 metres - 31:35.77 min (2008)

References[link]

• IAAF profile for Kate Reed

External links[link]

• Reed to use BUPA Great Edinburgh run as a stepping stone to Beijing
• Tickner and Reed win World Trials

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