Cinna is a small genus of grasses known by the common name woodreeds. There are only four known species, but they are quite widespread in the Americas and northern Eurasia.
Woodreeds are perennial grasses with long, soft panicle inflorescences. They are found in moist areas, especially near bodies of water.
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Species
Cinna arundinacea - sweet woodreed, stout woodreed - eastern Canada, eastern & central United States
Cinna bolanderi - Bolander's woodreed - central California (Fresno, Tulare, Mariposa counties)
Cinna latifolia - drooping woodreed - northern Eurasia from Norway to Japan & Magadan; Canada incl Arctic territories; northern & western United States
Cinna poiformis - Mexico, Central America, Venezuela, Colombia, Peru, Ecuador, Bolivia
Formerly included
Species now considered better suited to other genera: Agrostis, Andropogon, Arctagrostis, Calamagrostis, Dichelachne, Echinopogon, Limnodea, Muhlenbergia, Pogonatherum, and Sporobolus