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three-square bulrush
Schoenoplectus pungens
Schoenoplectus pungens is a species of flowering plant in the sedge family known by the common names common threesquare, common three-square bulrush and sharp club-rush. It is a herbaceous emergent plant that is widespread across much of North and South America as well as Europe, New Zealand and Australia.
From the article Schoenoplectus pungens on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA), quoted section by section
Description
Schoenoplectus pungens is a long-lived perennial herb up to 1.5 m (4 ft 11 in) tall. The foliage is dark green, rough and dense. The small flowers are grouped in dense spikelets, with of 1–7 spikelets on each stem. The seeds are brown. It is closely related to Schoenoplectus americanus, and many Schoenoplectus pungens specimens have long been misidentified as Schoenoplectus americanus.
Range & habitat
Threesquare is found in open, sun-lit marshes and along the shores of lakes and ponds, in water up to 1 m (3 ft 3 in) deep. It is resistant to fire.
Wikipedia: “Habitat”
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 59072.