PLANTS Profile for Schoenoplectus fluviatilis (river bulrush)

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Schoenoplectus fluviatilis (Torr.) M.T. Strong
river bulrush

Symbol:

SCFL11

Group:

Monocot

Family:

Cyperaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Graminoid

Native Status:

L48		N
CAN		N

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Photo of Schoenoplectus fluviatilis (Torr.) M.T. Strong

Scirpus fluviatilis

Robert H. Mohlenbrock. USDA SCS. 1989. Midwest wetland flora: Field office illustrated guide to plant species. Midwest National Technical Center, Lincoln. Courtesy of USDA NRCS Wetland Science Institute. Usage Requirements.

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Schoenoplectus fluviatilis (Torr.) M.T. Strong

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Synonyms:
Schoenoplectus fluviatilis (Torr.) M.T. Strong

	BOFL3	Bolboschoenus fluviatilis (Torr.) Soják
	BOMAF	Bolboschoenus maritimus (L.) Palla ssp. fluviatilis (Torr.) A. Löve & D. Löve
	SCFL	Scirpus fluviatilis (Torr.) A. Gray

Distribution:
Schoenoplectus fluviatilis (Torr.) M.T. Strong


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USA (AL, AZ, CA, CO, CT, DC, DE, IA, ID, IL, IN, KS, KY, MA, MD, ME, MI, MN, MO, MT, ND, NE, NH, NJ, NM, NY, OH, OK, OR, PA, SD, TN, UT, VA, VT, WA, WI), CAN (AB, BC, MB, NB, ON, QC, SK)

Related Taxa:
Schoenoplectus fluviatilis (Torr.) M.T. Strong

View 36 genera in Cyperaceae, 28 species in Schoenoplectus

Classification:
Schoenoplectus fluviatilis (Torr.) M.T. Strong

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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 fluviatilis (Torr.) M.T. Strong – river bulrush

Threatened and Endangered Information:
Schoenoplectus fluviatilis (Torr.) M.T. Strong

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 fluviatilis
river bulrush		Endangered
Massachusetts:
Bolboschoenus fluviatilis
river bulrush		Special Concern
Pennsylvania:
Scirpus fluviatilis
river bullrush		Rare
Tennessee:
Scirpus fluviatilis
river bulrush		Special Concern

Wetland Indicator Status:
Schoenoplectus fluviatilis (Torr.) M.T. Strong

Scirpus fluviatilis:

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 fluviatilis (Torr.) M.T. Strong

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 521092.

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

View species account from Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center Native Plant Information Network (NPIN).

View species account from Native American Ethnobotany (University of Michigan - Dearborn).

View photographs and distribution from University of Tennessee Herbarium.

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

Related Web Sites:
Schoenoplectus fluviatilis (Torr.) M.T. Strong

UC Davis, Agronomy: abstract & image

UC Davis, IPM: abstract & images

Time Generated: 10/05/2008 04:00 AM MDT