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Little Bulrush

Schoenoplectiella

Little Bulrush
Photo: MargaretRDonald, CC BY-SA 4.0

Schoenoplectiella is a genus of rush-like sedges in the family Cyperaceae, found on nearly every continent. Its members are aquatic or marsh plants that need consistently wet roots, so give them shallow water or constantly moist soil.

Family
Cyperaceae (Cyper family)
Grows as
Grass
Light
Full sun, Part shade
Water
Keep roots constantly wet or submerged in shallow water.
Soil
Wet, nutrient-rich mud or loam, or a pond-margin substrate.
Temperature
Hardy in mild to warm climates; generally tolerant of cold but protect from hard freezes if grown in containers.
How easy
Easy

About

Schoenoplectiella is a genus of flowering plants in the sedge family. It has a nearly-cosmopolitan distribution. The genus was first described in 2003 by Kaare Arnstein Lye, and the type species is Schoenoplectiella articulata. There are no synonyms.

Other Schoenoplectiella plants

Schoenoplectiella dissachantha · Hall's bulrush · Rock Bulrush · Bog Bulrush · Rocky mountain clubrush

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Schoenoplectiella by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.

The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.

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