Phragmites australis

Family Gramineae
Synonyms Arundo phragmites, A. donax, A. australis, Phragmites communis, Arundo isiaca
Local name Hagna, Bous, Ghaab
Habitat in Egypt along watercourses, in areas of cultivation and on sandy plains with seasonally high water-table
Distribution temperate regions of both hemispheres of the World