Schoenoplectus validus

great bulrush, soft stem bulrush

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Photo credit: U.S. Department of Agriculture Natural Resources Conservation Service. 1995 Midwestern Wetlands Flora
Family

Cyperaceae

Region

Coastal Plain, Mountain, Piedmont

States

Maryland, New York, Pennsylvania, Virginia

Plant Type

Emergent Herbaceous (Can grow with roots in water), Grass/Grasslike

Height

6 - 10ft

Spread

- ft

Flower Color

Brown

Fruit

Achene (dry, flat seed); Brown

Sun Exposure

Full Sun

Soil Texture

Clay, Loamy, Sandy

Soil Moisture

Flooded, Wet

Blooms

June - September

Fall Color

Habitat

fresh and brackish tidal and nontidal marshes, shores; margins of ponds, quiet waters; deep emergent marsh, shallow emergent marsh

Notes

spreads rapidly; tolerates salinity to 5 ppt

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