Softstem Bulrush - Schoenoplectus tabernaemontani
Other Names:
Scirpus validus
Native Species
Global Rank:
G5
State Rank:
S4
C-value:
6
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Stems terete, 80–150 cm, filled with spongy air cavities. Leaf blades reduced to scales. Inflorescence usually open with small clusters of spikelets on tips of spreading to erect peduncles. Spikelets 5–12 mm long. Scales 2–3 mm long, glabrous, ciliate, tan to reddish with short, dark red, parallel lines; awn ca. 0.5 mm long. Flowers: bristles 6, ca. as long as achene; stigmas 2. Achene 2-sided, dark brown, 1.5–3 mm long (
Lesica et al. 2012. Manual of Montana Vascular Plants. BRIT Press. Fort Worth, TX).