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Schoenoplectus tabernaemontani
Also called Softstem bulrush, Great bulrush, Sea club rush, Soft Stem Bulrush, American Great Bulrush, Glaucous Club Rush, Greyish Bulrush
Grey club-rush is a rhizomatous, marsh-dwelling perennial sedge that forms dense stands of slender glaucous stems, mainly grown in water gardens and wet landscaping. The key to growing it is keeping its roots wet or submerged.
Schoenoplectus tabernaemontani is a species of flowering plant in the sedge family known by the common names grey club-rush, softstem bulrush, and great bulrush.
It has a cosmopolitan distribution, occurring in every country in Europe except for Iceland, all of temperate Asia except for Mongolia, every state in the United States (including Hawaii), every province and territory in Canada except Nunavut, and in most of Australasia; only in Africa and South America is it less widespread, though still present in several countries in each. It grows in wet habitats, usually in shallow water; it is most abundant in brackish and tidal estuarine water, but also occurs widely in fresh water.
The new shoots and young roots may be eaten raw or cooked. The older roots can be made into flour.
Hardstem bulrush · Chairmaker's bulrush · California bulrush · Common threesquare · Swaying bulrush
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Schoenoplectus tabernaemontani 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.
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.
