PLANTS Profile for Schoenoplectus purshianus (weakstalk bulrush)

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Schoenoplectus purshianus (Fernald) M.T. Strong
weakstalk bulrush

Symbol:

SCPU13

Group:

Monocot

Family:

Cyperaceae

Duration:

Annual

Growth Habit:

Graminoid

Native Status:

L48		N
CAN		N

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Line Drawing of Schoenoplectus purshianus (Fernald) M.T. Strong

Scirpus debilis

Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British Possessions. Vol. 1: 329. Courtesy of Kentucky Native Plant Society. Scanned by Omnitek Inc. Usage Requirements.

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Schoenoplectus purshianus (Fernald) M.T. Strong

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Synonyms:
Schoenoplectus purshianus (Fernald) M.T. Strong

	SCJUP	Schoenoplectus juncoides (Roxb.) Palla ssp. purshianus (Fernald) Soják
	SCDE4	Scirpus debilis Pursh, non Lam.
	SCHO7	Scirpus hotarui auct. non Ohwi
	SCJUD	Scirpus juncoides Roxb. var. digynus (Boeckeler) T. Koyama
	SCJUW	Scirpus juncoides Roxb. var. williamsii (Fernald) T. Koyama
	SCPU4	Scirpus purshianus Fernald
	SCSMW	Scirpus smithii A. Gray var. williamsii (Fernald) T. Beetle

Distribution:
Schoenoplectus purshianus (Fernald) M.T. Strong


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USA (AL, CT, DC, DE, GA, IL, IN, KY, MA, MD, ME, MI, MN, MO, MS, NC, NH, NJ, NY, OH, PA, RI, SC, TN, VA, VT, WI, WV), CAN (ON, QC)

Related Taxa:
Schoenoplectus purshianus (Fernald) M.T. Strong

View 36 genera in Cyperaceae, 28 species in Schoenoplectus

Classification:
Schoenoplectus purshianus (Fernald) 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 purshianus (Fernald) M.T. Strong – weakstalk bulrush

Threatened and Endangered Information:
Schoenoplectus purshianus (Fernald) 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.

Illinois:
Scirpus purshianus
weak bulrush		Endangered
Indiana:
Scirpus purshianus
weakstalk bulrush		Endangered

Wetland Indicator Status:
Schoenoplectus purshianus (Fernald) M.T. Strong

Scirpus purshianus:

Nat. Ind.

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Reg. 7

Reg. 8

Reg. 9

Reg. 0

Reg. A

Reg. C

Reg. H

OBL

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More Accounts and Images:
Schoenoplectus purshianus (Fernald) M.T. Strong

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 507792.

View photographs and distribution from University of Tennessee Herbarium.

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

Time Generated: 10/25/2008 05:41 AM MDT