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Bogrushes
Schoenus
Schoenus (Latin: schœnus; Greek: σχοίνος, schoinos, lit. "rush rope"; Egyptian: i͗trw, lit. "river-measure") was an ancient Egyptian, Greek and Roman unit of length and area based on the knotted cords first used in Egyptian surveying.
60 branches of this genus, most-observed first
black bog-rush
speciesSchoenus nigricans
common bog-rush
speciesSchoenus apogon
Schoenus "Cuspidatus" Group
sectionCuspidatus
Zig-zag Bogrush
speciesSchoenus brevifolius
Schoenus nitens
speciesSchoenus nitens
Schoenus "compar-pictus" group
sectionCompar-pictus
Brown Bog-rush
speciesSchoenus ferrugineus
Black Bog-rush
speciesSchoenus melanostachys
kauri sedge
speciesSchoenus tendo
Bog Rush
speciesSchoenus pauciflorus
Dwarf Bogrush
speciesSchoenus maschalinus
matted bog-rush
speciesSchoenus breviculmis
Schoenus "Epischoenus" Group
sectionEpischoenus
Beardless Bog-rush
speciesSchoenus imberbis
Heath Bog-rush
speciesSchoenus ericetorum
Schoenus calostachyus
speciesSchoenus calostachyus
Schoenus falcatus
speciesSchoenus falcatus
Schoenus subaphyllus
speciesSchoenus subaphyllus
Schoenus lepidosperma
speciesSchoenus lepidosperma
Hairy Bog-rush
speciesSchoenus villosus
Schoenus sparteus
speciesSchoenus sparteus
Schoenus concinnus
speciesSchoenus concinnus
Schoenus carsei
speciesSchoenus carsei
Schoenus calcatus
speciesSchoenus calcatus
Schoenus ornithopodioides
speciesSchoenus ornithopodioides
Schoenus clandestinus
speciesSchoenus clandestinus
Schoenus neocaledonicus
speciesSchoenus neocaledonicus
Schoenus tesquorum
speciesSchoenus tesquorum
Schoenus nanus
speciesSchoenus nanus
yellow bog-rush
speciesSchoenus subflavus
Schoenus rhynchosporoides
speciesSchoenus rhynchosporoides
Schoenus microcephalus
speciesSchoenus microcephalus
Schoenus caespitans
speciesSchoenus caespitans
Schoenus kennyi
speciesSchoenus kennyi
Schoenus punctatus
speciesSchoenus punctatus
Schoenus yarrabensis
speciesSchoenus yarrabensis
Schoenus moorei
speciesSchoenus moorei
Schoenus fluitans
speciesSchoenus fluitans
Schoenus laevigatus
speciesSchoenus laevigatus
Schoenus unispiculatus
speciesSchoenus unispiculatus
Schoenus caespititius
speciesSchoenus caespititius
Schoenus griffinianus
speciesSchoenus griffinianus
Schoenus efoliatus
speciesSchoenus efoliatus
Schoenus antarcticus
speciesSchoenus antarcticus
Schoenus subfascicularis
speciesSchoenus subfascicularis
Schoenus vacillans
speciesSchoenus vacillans
Schoenus andinus
speciesSchoenus andinus
Schoenus discifer
speciesSchoenus discifer
Schoenus variicellae
speciesSchoenus variicellae
Schoenus obtusifolius
speciesSchoenus obtusifolius
Schoenus sesquispicula
speciesSchoenus sesquispicula
Schoenus hexandrus
speciesSchoenus hexandrus
Schoenus pleiostemoneus
speciesSchoenus pleiostemoneus
Schoenus calyptratus
speciesSchoenus calyptratus
Schoenus latitans
speciesSchoenus latitans
Schoenus cruentus
speciesSchoenus cruentus
Schoenus odontocarpus
speciesSchoenus odontocarpus
Schoenus submicrostachyus
speciesSchoenus submicrostachyus
Schoenus rupicola
speciesSchoenus rupicola
Schoenus vaginatus
speciesSchoenus vaginatus
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 72347.