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dont think anymore that its Phragmites but still in trouble about the species. i photographed sth similar.
how tall were the plants? about 1-2 m or taller?
Ampelodesmos mauritanica was reported from a valley near Bahrija and it looks like your pictures. I think i found sth similar in the area but thought it was a large Festuca arundinacea. Maybe you should show the pictures to Edwin Lanfranco.
This plant was in the valley - on one side there were Reeds - Phragmites or Arundo I don't remember. On the opposite side there was this - it is my height in size and lower than the reeds but I have no idea if it is the same or a different species. Were if it is the it is indeed a rare thing.
P.S - I went to photograph this species because once when we were photographing (me and MWP) this plant we met this Maltese farmer who told us that a certain German scientist came to Malta to photograph that plant and told her that it is a rare species. Boq. I have my doubts!
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