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Il-Qasba l-kbira

Great Reed · Arundo donax

A very tall grass with broad leaves and feathery flower plumes, growing along rivers, ditches and wet ground.

Giant reed is a very tall perennial grass with broad leaves and feathery flower plumes. It grows along watercourses and ditches and has spread widely around the Mediterranean after being planted.

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