PLANTS Profile for Schoenoplectus mucronatus (bog bulrush)

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PLANTS Profile

Schoenoplectus mucronatus (L.) Palla
bog bulrush

Symbol:

SCMU10

Group:

Monocot

Family:

Cyperaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Graminoid

Native Status:

L48		I
HI		I
CAN		I

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Photo of Schoenoplectus mucronatus (L.) Palla

Steve Hurst. Provided by ARS Systematic Botany and Mycology Laboratory. Australia. Usage Requirements.

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Schoenoplectus mucronatus (L.) Palla

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Synonyms:
Schoenoplectus mucronatus (L.) Palla

SCMU

Scirpus mucronatus L.

Distribution:
Schoenoplectus mucronatus (L.) Palla


View Native Status

See U.S. county distributions (when available) by clicking on the map or the linked states below:
USA (CA, HI, IA, IL, KY, MO, NJ, NY, PA, TN), CAN (NB)

Related Taxa:
Schoenoplectus mucronatus (L.) Palla

View 36 genera in Cyperaceae, 28 species in Schoenoplectus

Classification:
Schoenoplectus mucronatus (L.) Palla

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Kingdom	Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision	Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division	Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class	Liliopsida – Monocotyledons
Subclass	Commelinidae
Order	Cyperales
Family	Cyperaceae – Sedge family
Genus	Schoenoplectus (Rchb.) Palla – bulrush
Species	Schoenoplectus mucronatus (L.) Palla – bog bulrush

U.S. Weed Information:
Schoenoplectus mucronatus (L.) Palla

bog bulrush
ricefield bulrush

This plant can be weedy or invasive according to the authoritative sources noted below. This plant may be known by one or more common names in different places, and some are listed above. Click on an acronym to view each weed list, or click here for a composite list of Weeds of the U.S.

SWSS

Southern Weed Science Society. 1998. Weeds of the United States and Canada. CD-ROM. Southern Weed Science Society. Champaign, Illinois.

Introduced Information:
Schoenoplectus mucronatus (L.) Palla

This plant is introduced to some part of the PLANTS Floristic Area, though it may be native in other parts. Click on link below for a partial or complete list of PFA introduced plants.

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Wetland Indicator Status:
Schoenoplectus mucronatus (L.) Palla

Scirpus mucronatus:

Nat. Ind.

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Reg. 0

Reg. A

Reg. C

Reg. H

OBL

Interpreting Wetland Indicator Status

More Accounts and Images:
Schoenoplectus mucronatus (L.) Palla

View photographs from CalPhotos.

View species account and distribution map from Flora of North America (FNA).

View species account from ARS Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN).

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 507791.

View species account and distribution map from Jepson Interchange (University of California - Berkeley).

View photographs and distribution from University of Tennessee Herbarium.

Related Web Sites:
Schoenoplectus mucronatus (L.) Palla

UC Davis, IPM: abstract & images

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