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Long's bulrush

Scirpus longii

Family
Cyperaceae (Cyper family)
Grows as
Grass, Perennial
Native range
SE. Canada to NE. U.S.A.
Climate
temperate

About

Scirpus longii is a species of flowering plant in the sedge family known by the common name Long's bulrush. It is native to eastern North America, where it is limited to the Atlantic coastal plain.

This perennial plant grows from a large rhizome and forms clumps of stems up to 1.5 meters tall. It flowers rarely, any time between May and August. The inflorescence is an open cyme of spikelets up to about a centimeter long.

Other Scirpus plants

Barbedbristle bulrush · Green bulrush · Congdon's bulrush · Woolgrass · Umbrella bulrush · Reclining bulrush · Georgia bulrush · Panicled bulrush · Rufous bulrush · Creeping Club Rush · Wood club-rush · Bulrush

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Scirpus longii 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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