Title: Bellevue reed canarygrass (<i>Phalaris arundinacea</i> L.)
Abstract: Bellevue is a cultivar of reed canarygrass (Phalaris arundinacea L.) developed by the Plant Science Department at the Macdonald Campus of McGill University, Ste. Anne de Bellevue, Québec. It was developed by phenotypic selection from introduced lines for vigour, seed retention and low alkaloid concentrations, followed by half-sib progeny testing for forage yield. In forage dry matter, it yielded 101% of the check cultivar Vantage over 18 station years in the trials of the Québec forage testing network. Bellevue is free of the tryptamine and carboline alkaloids, and has moderate concentrations of gramine. Key words: Reed canarygrass, Phalaris arundinacea, cultivar description