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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Schoenoplectus tabernaemontani
FAMILY
Cyperaceae
Go to FSUS key
Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Read more about Softstem Bulrush at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Schoenoplectus tabernaemontani
FAMILY
Cyperaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 23 (2002)
Schoenoplectus tabernaemontani
SYNONYMOUS WITH Guide to the Vascular Plants of the Blue Ridge (Wofford, 1989)
Scirpus tabernaemontani
(?) VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 030-08-009:
Scirpus validus FAMILY Cyperaceae
(?) Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Scirpus validus
COMMON NAME:
Softstem Bulrush, Great Bulrush
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / USDA Wetland flora: Field office illustrated guide pnd_scta2_003_lvd
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_scva_001_lvd
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Terry Holdsclaw tdh_s_tabernaemon_7727
June Catawba County NC
The umbel's branches and branchlets are widely spreading & somewhat drooping, per www.illinoiswildflowers.info.
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Terry Holdsclaw tdh_s_tabernaemon_7727b
June Catawba County NC
Each branchlet ends in one spikelet or a dense cluster of 2-5 spikelets, per www.illinoiswildflowers.info.
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Terry Holdsclaw tdh_s_tabernaemon_7731b
June Catawba County NC
Each spikelet is a compact head of florets and their overlapping scales, per www.illinoiswildflowers.info.
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Terry Holdsclaw tdh_s_tabernaemontani_2
July Catawba County NC
Forms dense colonies from horizontal rhizomes. Stems stout, 1-3cm at base, per Forest Plants of the Southeast and Their Wildlife Uses (Miller & Miller, 2005).
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Schoenoplectus tabernaemontani
FAMILY
Cyperaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Schoenoplectus tabernaemontani
FAMILY
Cyperaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 23
Schoenoplectus tabernaemontani
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Guide to the Vascular Plants of the Blue Ridge (Wofford, 1989)
Scirpus tabernaemontani
(?)
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 030-08-009:
Scirpus validus
FAMILY
Cyperaceae
(?)
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Scirpus validus
2874
Grass, Sedge, or Rush
Perennial
Habitat: Tidal marshes, freshwater marshes, sedge meadows, streambeds, riverbeds, floodplain pools, calcareous fens, per Weakley's Flora
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Common in Coastal Plain & Carolina Mountains (uncommon to rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)
CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.
LEAVES:
Simple
Basal (rarely 1 or 2 stem leaves)
FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
Superior ovary
Bisexual
Inflorescence a compound umbel
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Yellowish/Grayish
Nutlet
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Forest Plants of the Southeast and Their Wildlife Uses (Miller & Miller, 2005) p252
- Wildflowers of the Carolina Lowcountry (Porcher, 1995) p096
If a search such as "Carex leptalea var. leptalea" doesn't deliver the results you want, try "Carex leptalea".
Or, to minimize chances of a misspelling, try just "Carex le".
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