genus
Schoenoplectus Bulrushes
Schoenoplectus
Field notes
Children
- Soft-stemmed Bulrush native
- Three-square Bulrush native
- California Bulrush native
- Hardstem Bulrush native
- Common Club-rush present
- American Three-square Bulrush native
- Water Bulrush native
- Soft Clubrush present
- Torrey's Bulrush native
- Triangular Club-rush
- Slender Bulrush native
- Coast Club-rush
- Canby's Club-bulrush native
- Schoenoplectus deltarum native
- Schoenoplectus × contortus
- Schoenoplectus × steinmetzii
- Hybrid Bulrush
- Schoenoplectus × kuekenthalianus
- Schoenoplectus × carinatus
Range
Greener is more native, amber more introduced; paler is less certain. How this was decided
Key traits
- Layer
- Grasses and sedges
- Plant type
- Annual Ornamental grasses and sedges Perennial
From USDA PLANTS.
Top native schoenoplectus bulrushes All
Native to the US, ranked by caterpillars, then bees and other hosts, food, flowers and shelter.
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Hardstem Bulrush
Schoenoplectus acutus
caterpillars
3
food
8
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American Three-square Bulrush
Schoenoplectus americanus
caterpillars
3
food
6
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Soft-stemmed Bulrush
Schoenoplectus tabernaemontani
caterpillars
2
food
6
flowers
1
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California Bulrush
Schoenoplectus californicus
caterpillars
1
food
5
flowers
3
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Torrey's Bulrush
Schoenoplectus torreyi
caterpillars
1
food
1
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Three-square Bulrush
Schoenoplectus pungens
caterpillars
1
-
Water Bulrush
Schoenoplectus subterminalis
caterpillars
1
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Canby's Club-bulrush
Schoenoplectus etuberculatus
caterpillars
1
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Slender Bulrush
Schoenoplectus heterochaetus
caterpillars
1
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Schoenoplectus deltarum
caterpillars
1