PLANTS Profile for Schoenoplectus torreyi (Torrey's bulrush)

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Schoenoplectus torreyi (Olney) Palla
Torrey's bulrush

Symbol:

SCTO3

Group:

Monocot

Family:

Cyperaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Graminoid

Native Status:

L48		N
CAN		N

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Line Drawing of Schoenoplectus torreyi (Olney) Palla

Scirpus torreyi

Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British Possessions. Vol. 1: 330. Courtesy of Kentucky Native Plant Society. Scanned by Omnitek Inc. Usage Requirements.

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Schoenoplectus torreyi (Olney) Palla

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Synonyms:
Schoenoplectus torreyi (Olney) Palla

SCTO

Scirpus torreyi Olney

Distribution:
Schoenoplectus torreyi (Olney) Palla


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See U.S. county distributions (when available) by clicking on the map or the linked states below:
USA (CT, DE, IA, IL, IN, KY, MA, MD, ME, MI, MN, MO, NH, NJ, NY, OH, PA, RI, VA, VT, WI, WV), CAN (MB, NB, ON, QC)

Related Taxa:
Schoenoplectus torreyi (Olney) Palla

View 36 genera in Cyperaceae, 28 species in Schoenoplectus

Classification:
Schoenoplectus torreyi (Olney) 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 torreyi (Olney) Palla – Torrey's bulrush

Threatened and Endangered Information:
Schoenoplectus torreyi (Olney) Palla

This plant and synonyms italicized and indented below are 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.

Connecticut:
Scirpus torreyi
Torrey bulrush		Threatened
Indiana:
Scirpus torreyi
Torrey's bulrush		Endangered
Maryland:
Scirpus torreyi
Torrey's clubrush		Endangered, Extirpated
New Jersey:
Torrey's bulrush		Endangered
Ohio:
Scirpus torreyi
Torrey's bulrush		Presumed Extirpated
Pennsylvania:
Scirpus torreyi
Torrey's bullrush		Endangered
Rhode Island:
Scirpus torreyi
Torrey's bulrush		Special Concern

Wetland Indicator Status:
Schoenoplectus torreyi (Olney) Palla

Scirpus torreyi:

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 torreyi (Olney) Palla

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 507798.

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

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

Time Generated: 10/21/2008 02:27 PM MDT