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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Bolboschoenus robustus
FAMILY
Cyperaceae
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Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Read more about Saltmarsh Bulrush at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Bolboschoenus robustus
FAMILY
Cyperaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Schoenoplectus robustus
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 23 (2002)
Bolboschoenus robustus
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Schoenoplectus robustus
SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 030-08-011:
Scirpus robustus FAMILY Cyperaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Scirpus robustus
COMMON NAME:
Saltmarsh Bulrush
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_scro_001_lvd
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Keith Bradley kab_b_robustus_1232
May Monroe County FL
Everglades National Park
Inflorescence relatively congested, most w 5-20 spikelets; bristles ~ caducous, per Weakley's Flora.
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Bolboschoenus robustus
FAMILY
Cyperaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Bolboschoenus robustus
FAMILY
Cyperaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Schoenoplectus robustus
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 23
Bolboschoenus robustus
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Schoenoplectus robustus
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 030-08-011:
Scirpus robustus
FAMILY
Cyperaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Scirpus robustus
2413
Grass, Sedge, or Rush
Perennial
Habitat: Brackish marshes; inland in saline glades and marshes, per Weakley's Flora
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Common in Coastal Plain
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LEAVES:
Simple
Mostly stem leaves, alternate
FLOWER:
Spring/Summer/Fall
Superior ovary
Bisexual
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Brown
Nutlet
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Wildflowers of the Carolina Lowcountry (Porcher, 1995) p096
- Wildflowers of the Eastern United States (Duncan & Duncan, 1999) p153
If a search such as "Carex leptalea var. leptalea" doesn't deliver the results you want, try "Carex leptalea".
Or, to minimize chances of a misspelling, try just "Carex le".
Less is more: If "pencil flower" doesn't deliver the results you want, try "pencil".