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Red bulrush

Blysmus rufus

Also called Saltmarsh flat-sedge, Chestnut Sedge, Salt Marsh Flat Sedge, Red Clubrush, Saltmarsh Flatsedge

Red bulrush
Photo: Arkadiusz Nowak, Marcin Nobis, Sylwia Nowak, Agnieszka Nobis, Anna Wróbel, Sebastian Świerszcz, Ewelina Klichowska, Iwon, CC BY 4.0
Family
Cyperaceae (Cyper family)
Grows as
Grass
Native range
N., C. & E. Europe to Mongolia, Subarctic America to Canada
Climate
temperate

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Blysmus rufus is a species of sedge belonging to the family Cyperaceae.

Its native range is Europe to Mongolia, Subarctic America to Canada.

Other Blysmus plants

Flat-sedge · Bulrush

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Blysmus rufus by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.

Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.

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