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Scirpus Bulrushes
Scirpus
Scirpus is a genus of aquatic, grass-like species in the family Cyperaceae (the sedges), many with the common names club-rush or bulrush (see also bulrush for other plant genera so-named). Other common names are deergrass or grassweed. They have grass-like leaves, and clusters of small spikelets, often brown. Some species (e.g. S. lacustris) can reach a height of 3 m, while others (e.g. S. supinus) are much smaller, only reaching 20–30 cm tall.
30 branches of this genus, most-observed first
Scirpus cyperinus
complexScirpus cyperinus
Wood Club-rush
speciesScirpus sylvaticus
Dark Green Bulrush Complex
complexScirpus atrovirens
Panicled Bulrush
speciesScirpus microcarpus
nodding bulrush
speciesScirpus pendulus
Creeping Club-rush
speciesScirpus radicans
Scirpus ternatanus
speciesScirpus ternatanus
leafy bulrush
speciesScirpus polyphyllus
Woodland Beakrush
speciesScirpus expansus
Scirpus wichurae
speciesScirpus wichurae
Scirpus lushanensis
speciesScirpus lushanensis
Scirpus lineatus
speciesScirpus lineatus
Long's Bulrush
speciesScirpus longii
Scirpus orientalis
speciesScirpus orientalis
Congdon's bulrush
speciesScirpus congdonii
northeastern bulrush
speciesScirpus ancistrochaetus
Scirpus karuisawensis
speciesScirpus karuisawensis
Scirpus maximowiczii
speciesScirpus maximowiczii
large-head club-sedge
speciesScirpus polystachyus
Scirpus mitsukurianus
speciesScirpus mitsukurianus
spreading bulrush
speciesScirpus divaricatus
Scirpus fuirenoides
speciesScirpus fuirenoides
Scirpus rosthornii
speciesScirpus rosthornii
Scirpus hainanensis
speciesScirpus hainanensis
Scirpus filipes
speciesScirpus filipes
Scirpus petelotii
speciesScirpus petelotii
Scirpus × peckii
hybridScirpus × peckii
Scirpus chunianus
speciesScirpus chunianus
Scirpus colchicus
speciesScirpus colchicus
Umbrella Bulrush
speciesScirpus diffusus
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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In the old herbals & bestiaries
On the Names of Plants
Hieronymus Bock (Tragus) · 1552 · p.756
Six Groups of the History of Plants
Rembert Dodoens · 1583 · p.616
Elements of Botany
Joseph Pitton de Tournefort · 1719 · p.51
Herbarium Portatile, Oder Behendes Kräuter- und Gewächs-Buch: Darinn nicht allein 1363. so wol Einheimische als Außländndische Kräuter mit Lateinisch und Deutscher Benennung abgebildet, sondern auch die meisten, so in der Medicin gebräuchlich, kürtzlich erkläret werden
Panckow, Thomas · 1656 · p.58
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