Sentences with phrase «called phragmites»

He never misses a chance to visit a certain clump of reeds called phragmites in a pond in Central Park; he stops there when he's in New York City the way some people make a point of popping into Zabar's.

The threat of brush fires is low for most of the city except Staten Island — which has had several large blazes in recent years linked to the prevalence of invasive reeds called phragmites that can quickly fuel the flames, the New York Times reported.