Tufted, erect perennial 1-2 m tall. Leaves bending over and with a prominent midrib. Inflorescences often coloured coppery brown.
A sterile hybrid C. arundinacea × C. epigejos.
Source: (2005). Poaceae. In: . Horticultural Flora of South-eastern Australia. Volume 5. Flowering plants. Monocotyledons. The identification of garden and cultivated plants. University of New South Wales Press.
Calamagrostis ×acutiflora 'Karl Foerster'
Erect grass to 2 m tall with distinctly upright coppery flower heads fading later. ['Stricta']
