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Schoenoplectus americanus (Pers.) Volkart ex Schinz & R. Keller
chairmaker's bulrush

       
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Scirpus americanus

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Schoenoplectus americanus (Pers.) Volkart ex Schinz & R. Keller

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Synonyms:
Schoenoplectus americanus (Pers.) Volkart ex Schinz & R. Keller

  SCAM2 Scirpus americanus Pers.
  SCCH5 Scirpus chilensis Nees & Meyen ex Kunth
  SCCO17 Scirpus conglomeratus Kunth
  SCOL Scirpus olneyi A. Gray
  SCPUL2 Scirpus pungens Vahl var. longisetus Benth. & F. Muell.
 

Distribution:
Schoenoplectus americanus (Pers.) Volkart ex Schinz & R. Keller

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USA (AK, AL, AZ, CA, CO, CT, DC, DE, FL, GA, ID, KS, LA, MA, MD, MI, MO, MS, MT, NC, NJ, NM, NV, NY, OK, OR, RI, SC, TX, UT, VA, WA, WY), USA+ (PR), CAN (BC, NS)
 

Related Taxa:
Schoenoplectus americanus (Pers.) Volkart ex Schinz & R. Keller

View 36 genera in Cyperaceae, 28 species in Schoenoplectus
 

Classification:
Schoenoplectus americanus (Pers.) Volkart ex Schinz & R. Keller

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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 americanus (Pers.) Volkart ex Schinz & R. Keller – chairmaker's bulrush
 

Threatened and Endangered Information:
Schoenoplectus americanus (Pers.) Volkart ex Schinz & R. Keller

The 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.

Michigan:
Scirpus olneyi
Olney's bulrush              Threatened
 

Wetland Indicator Status:
Schoenoplectus americanus (Pers.) Volkart ex Schinz & R. Keller

Scirpus americanus:

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 OBL OBL OBL OBL OBL OBL OBL OBL OBL OBL OBL OBL OBL
Interpreting Wetland Indicator Status
 

More Accounts and Images:
Schoenoplectus americanus (Pers.) Volkart ex Schinz & R. Keller

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 508141.

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).

 
 
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