Description

Scirpus atrovirens, black or green bulrush, Native Perennial Grass Plugs, Native Wetland Plant Plugs

Aquatic animal habitat support:
Beneficial Insects:
Clay Soil- High clay content, fine texture:
Erosion Control:
FACW- Usually occur in wetlands, but may occur in non-wetlands:
Flood Tolerant:
Game Birds:
Grass/ Sedge/ Rush:
Herbaceous Emergent:
High Wildlife Value:
Loamy Soil- mostly silt, sand, some clay:
Native to Coastal Regions:
Native To Mountain Regions:
Native to Piedmont Regions:
OBL- Almost always occur in wetlands:
Occasionally wet soil (non tidal):
Perennial:
Small Mammals:
Songbirds:
Waterfowl:
Wet soil (Tidal):
Full Sun:
Botanic Name (s): Scirpus atrivirens

Common Name(s): black or green bulrush, dark green bulrush

Mature height :3-6ft

Bloom Time:June-August

Bloom color:Brown

Sun Exposure: Full Sun

Soil moisture: Wet

Soil Ph:4-8

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

Loamy Soil- mostly silt, sand, some clay

Native Habitat: Shallow emergent marshes, shrub swamps, floodplain forests, wooded swamps, bogs, wet meadows, swales, ditches

Notes: grows in clumps

Flood Tolerant Erosion Control

High Wildlife Value: SongbirdsGame Birds Small Mammals Waterfowl

OBL- Almost always occur in wetlands

Native to Coastal Regions

Native To Mountain Regions

Native to Piedmont Regions

Native Perennial Grass / Rush / Sedge

Native Herbaceous Emergent

Pollinator Support

Aquatic animal habitat support

Scirpus atrovirens, known as dark-green bulrush, is a perennial sedge native to wetlands of eastern Canada and the United States. It is sometimes called dark green bulsedge, black bulrush, or green bulrush.

Benefit
Use Wildlife: Provides important food and cover for waterfowl, songbirds, shorebirds and muskrats.
Attracts: Birds

Scirpus atrovirens, black or green bulrush, Native Perennial Grass Plugs, Native Wetland Plant Plugs

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