OF THE CAROLINAS & GEORGIA

Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Monocots: Commelinids: Poales

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Schoenoplectus californicus   FAMILY Cyperaceae   Go to FSUS key



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Schoenoplectus californicus   FAMILY Cyperaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 23 (2002)

Schoenoplectus californicus

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Scirpus californicus

 

COMMON NAME:
Giant Bulrush, Southern Bulrush, Tule, California Bulrush


         To see larger pictures, click or hover over the thumbnails.

image of Schoenoplectus californicus, Giant Bulrush, Southern Bulrush, Tule, California Bulrush

Keith Bradley    kab_s_californicus_74902

June    Osceola County    FL

image of Schoenoplectus californicus, Giant Bulrush, Southern Bulrush, Tule, California Bulrush

Keith Bradley    kab_s_californicus_74905

June    Osceola County    FL

image of Schoenoplectus californicus, Giant Bulrush, Southern Bulrush, Tule, California Bulrush

Keith Bradley    kab_s_californicus_74906

June    Osceola County    FL

 

 

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Schoenoplectus californicus   FAMILY Cyperaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Schoenoplectus californicus   FAMILY Cyperaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 23
Schoenoplectus californicus

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Scirpus californicus

 

Find by SCIENTIFIC NAME:

4099

Grass, Sedge, or Rush
Perennial

Habitat: marshes, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Rare in Coastal Plain (historically in NC, but not recently seen)

map
CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.

LEAVES:
Simple
Basal (3-4)

FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
Spikelets reddish-brown
Superior ovary

FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Spikelets reddish-brown
Nutlet

 

TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!



 


Find by SCIENTIFIC NAME: