PLANTS Profile for Schoenoplectus heterochaetus (slender bulrush)

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Schoenoplectus heterochaetus (Chase) Soják
slender bulrush

Symbol:

SCHE5

Group:

Monocot

Family:

Cyperaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Graminoid

Native Status:

L48		N
CAN		N

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Line Drawing of Schoenoplectus heterochaetus (Chase) Soják

Scirpus heterochaetus

Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British Possessions. Vol. 1: 332. Courtesy of Kentucky Native Plant Society. Scanned by Omnitek Inc. Usage Requirements.

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Schoenoplectus heterochaetus (Chase) Soják

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Synonyms:
Schoenoplectus heterochaetus (Chase) Soják

	SCHE	Scirpus heterochaetus Chase
	SCLA8	Scirpus lacustris auct. non L.
	SCLAT	Scirpus lacustris L. var. tenuiculmis Sheldon
	SCTE9	Scirpus tenuiculmis (Sheldon) Soják

Distribution:
Schoenoplectus heterochaetus (Chase) Soják


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USA (CA, IA, ID, IL, KS, KY, MA, MI, MN, MO, MT, ND, NE, NY, OK, OR, PA, RI, SD, TX, VT, WI, WY), CAN (AB, MB, ON, QC)

Related Taxa:
Schoenoplectus heterochaetus (Chase) Soják

View 36 genera in Cyperaceae, 28 species in Schoenoplectus

Classification:
Schoenoplectus heterochaetus (Chase) Soják

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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 heterochaetus (Chase) Soják – slender bulrush

Threatened and Endangered Information:
Schoenoplectus heterochaetus (Chase) Soják

The synonym italicized and indented below is listed by the U.S. federal government or a state. Common names are from state and federal lists. Click on a place name to get a complete protected plant list for that location.

Kentucky:
Scirpus heterochaetus
slender bulrush		Endangered
New York:
Scirpus heterochaetus
slender bulrush		Endangered
Pennsylvania:
Scirpus heterochaetus
slender bullrush		Extirpated

Wetland Indicator Status:
Schoenoplectus heterochaetus (Chase) Soják

Scirpus heterochaetus:

Nat. Ind.

Reg. 1

Reg. 2

Reg. 3

Reg. 4

Reg. 5

Reg. 6

Reg. 7

Reg. 8

Reg. 9

Reg. 0

Reg. A

Reg. C

Reg. H

OBL

Interpreting Wetland Indicator Status

More Accounts and Images:
Schoenoplectus heterochaetus (Chase) Soják

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

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 507790.

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

View species account and photographs from University of Wisconsin - Stevens Point Freckmann Herbarium.

Time Generated: 09/22/2008 10:19 PM MDT