[Phalaris arundinacea] beds

Communities of the margins of lakes, rivers, brooks and swamps dominated by [Phalaris arundinacea], pure or mixed with [Phragmites australis], [Carex elata], [Carex paniculata], [Mentha aquatica], very tolerant of drying, pollution and perturbance, susceptible of forming the landward belt of reedbeds and often characteristic of degraded systems. Vegetation of alliance Magnocaricion elatae, suballiances Caricenion rostratae] and Caricenion gracilis.