Description

Schoenoplectus tabernaemontani, Softstem bulrush, Wholesale Native Grasses, Perennial Grass Plugs

Botanic Name (s): Schoenoplectus tabernaemontani, Scirpus validus, schoenoplectus validus, scirpus lacustris

Common Name(s): Softstem bulrush

Mature height :6-10ft

Mature spread:Spreading

Bloom Time:June-September

Sun Exposure: Full Sun

Soil moisture: WetFlood Depth 0-12″Salinity 0-5ppt

Soil Type: Clay Soil- High clay content, fine texture

Loamy Soil- mostly silt, sand, some clay

Organic soil- high level of decayed leaves, bark

Sandy soil, coarse texture

Native Habitat: Fresh to brackish tidal and non-tiidal marshes, pond edges, quiet waters, emergent marshes

Schoenoplectus tabernaemontani, Softstem bulrush, Native Grasses, Perennial Grass Plugs

Notes: Grows in clumps Very important grass for erosion control and wildlife habitat

Erosion Control Flood Tolerant Salt tolerant

High Wildlife Value: Songbirds Game Birds Small Mammals Waterfowl Fish and marine habitat

OBL- Almost always occur in wetlands

Native to Coastal Regions

Native To Mountain Regions

Native to Piedmont Regions

Native Grass

Schoenoplectus tabernaemontani, commonly called softstem bulrush or great bulrush, is a rhizomatous emergent aquatic perennial of cosmopolitan distribution that typically grows in a variety of wetlands including the margins of ponds/lakes, banks of slow-moving rivers/streams, marshes, fens, bogs, wet prairies, ditches and wet depressions along roadsides and railroad tracks (see Steyermark). It is native to Canada and the U.S. south to South America, the Caribbean, Europe and Asia

Great bulrush typically forms a slowly-spreading clump of rush-like stems (culms) to 4-8’ tall. Leaf sheaths appear at the base of the stems. Leaf blades are typically absent, but if present are very small (1-4″ long). Photosynthesis primarily takes place in the stems. Branched inflorescences (to 6″ long) appear at the tips of fertile stem ends in late spring to summer. Each inflorescence contains a compound umbel of brown spikelets each of which contains brownish florets. Each fertile floret gives way to an achene which ripens to gray-brown.

The Plant List currently lists 37 synonyms of this plant including Schoenoplectus lacustris subsp. tabernaemontani, Scirpus tabernaemontani, Scirpus lacustris subsp. tabernaemontani, Schoenoplectus validus and Scirpus validus.

Schoenoplectus tabernaemontani, Softstem bulrush, Wholesale Native Grasses, Perennial Grass Plugs