This species is usually planted for shoot production and for the beautiful culms and elegant, drooping foliage of some cultivars.
本种通常是嫩枝生产的植株，和为一些栽培品种的美丽的秆和优雅，俯垂的叶。This species has a very extensive synonymy, as is often the case with such popular garden plants. At the time of writing, W.
那对这样的受欢迎的花园植株是常有的事，本种有非常彻底的同义。This species is cultivated as an ornamental in cold regions and is also used for making fruit drinks and wine.
本种是在冷的地区的栽培用于观赏并且也用于制造鲜果汁和酒。This species is widely introduced as a winter forage (Rescue Grass) and is now adventive in most temperate countries.
本种作为冬天饲料（援救草）并且在非常温带的国家现在外来是广泛引进栽培。is one of the more common mariposas found in foothills throughout the Coast Ranges and western Sierra Nevada foothills of California.
本种是该属蝶花型中最为常见的一种，原产于加州内华达山脉西部以及沿海地区的山麓丘陵地带。The timber of this species is red, hard, and usually used for making carts, boats, furniture, etc.
本种的木材红色，硬，并且通常用于制造车，小船，家俱，等等。A few specimens from China have the long spikelet spines of this species, which is otherwise known only from Sri Lanka.
来自中国的一些标本有本种的长小穗刺，这是只从斯里兰卡知道的否则。the species represents a special living form of ferns , and is thus of great botanical interest.
本种是少数生长于池沼和湿地的蕨类植物之一，代表一种特别的生态类型，有保护价值。The wide distribution of this species is due to the capacity of its fruits to float in seawater and stay alive for months.
本种的广泛分布要归于其种子具有漂浮在海水里并且保持活着数月的能力。