Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Monocots: Commelinids: Poales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (5/21/15):
Schoenoplectus tabernaemontani
FAMILY
Cyperaceae
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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
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
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.
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (5/21/15):
Schoenoplectus tabernaemontani
FAMILY
Cyperaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Schoenoplectus tabernaemontani
FAMILY
Cyperaceae
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
2874
Grass, Sedge, or Rush
Perennial
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Documented growing wild in GA NC SC
Common (rare in GA Mountains & Piedmont)
Habitat: Tidal marshes, freshwater marshes, sedge meadows, streambeds, riverbeds, floodplain pools, calcareous fens, per Weakley's Flora
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LEAVES:
Simple
Basal (rarely 1 or 2 stem leaves)
FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
Bisexual
Superior ovary
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 p252
- Wildflowers of the Carolina Lowcountry p096