Article Nº 0818 Plant Vol. I · p. 485
Common reed (Phragmites communis)
Original title: Carriço (Phragmites communis)
The common reed (Phragmites communis), a grass of coastal ground on Madeira and Porto Santo whose stems can reach about 2 metres. According to Frutuoso, the parish of Caniço took its name from this reed.
A grass common on coastal ground, both on Madeira and on Porto Santo. Its stems can sometimes reach 2 metres in height. Frutuoso says that the parish (freguesia) of Caniço derives its name from ‘the land there being covered with a common reed (carriço), like slender canes’.
People mentioned
- Gaspar Frutuoso 1522–1591
Places mentioned