Bolboschoenus robustus

Bolboschoenus robustus is a species of flowering plant in the sedge family. It is known by many common names: saltmarsh bulrush, alkali bulrush, sturdy bulrush, seacoast bulrush, stout bulrush, three-cornered sedge or leafy three-cornered sedge, and seaside club-rush.[6]

Saltmarsh bulrush
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Cyperaceae
Genus: Bolboschoenus
Species:
B. robustus
Binomial name
Bolboschoenus robustus
Synonyms

Distribution

B. robustus is native to North America, where it can be found along the eastern and southern coasts from Nova Scotia south to Florida and along the Gulf coastline to Tabasco. It is also known in California, Bermuda, the Bahamas and northern South America.[8] It is most often a coastal species,[9] occurring in wet habitat such as marshes in brackish and saltwater.

Description

It is a perennial herb growing from a rhizome system with associated tubers. The erect stems are three-angled, the angles rough with short hairs. They reach well over a meter in maximum height. The leaves sheath the stem and have long, flat or v-shaped blades. The inflorescence bears one or more clusters of many spikelets as well as long, leaflike bracts.

It often occurs alongside, resembles, and hybridizes with its close relative Bolboschoenus maritimus.[9]

This plant is an important food source for waterfowl on the Gulf Coast of the United States.[6] The seeds are food for birds and other animals, such as muskrats.[6] Native American tribes such as the Pomo and the Kawaiisu have traditionally used the plants for basketry, and some peoples eat the tubers as well.[10]

References
  1.  Under its more recent treatment as Bulboschoenus robustus by Soják, this species was published in Časopis Národního Muzea. Oddíl Přírodovědný. 141(1-2): 63. 1972. Prague. "Plant Name Details for Bolboschoenus robustus". IPNI. Retrieved August 7, 2010. Notes: Scirpus robustus
  2. GRIN (January 3, 2005). "Bolboschoenus robustus (Pursh) Soják information from NPGS/GRIN". Taxonomy for Plants. National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland: USDA, ARS, National Genetic Resources Program. Retrieved August 7, 2010. Synonyms: Schoenoplectus robustus (Pursh) M.Strong; Scirpus robustus Pursh (basionym)
  3. "Name - !Bolboschoenus robustus (Pursh) Soják". Tropicos. Saint Louis, Missouri: Missouri Botanical Garden. Retrieved August 7, 2010. Basionym: Scirpus robustus Pursh
  4.  This species originally was described and published, under the name of Scirpus robustus in Flora Americae Septentrionalis; or, a Systematic Arrangement and Description of the Plants of North America, 1: 56. 1813 "Plant Name Details for Scirpus robustus". IPNI. Retrieved August 7, 2010.
  5.  Schoenoplectus robustus (Pursh) M.Strong, In: Novon 3(2):203. 1993. "Schoenoplectus robustus". Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN). Agricultural Research Service (ARS), United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). Retrieved August 7, 2010.
  6. Snyder, S. A. (1991). "Bolboschoenus robustus". Fire Effects Information System (online). Rocky Mountain Research Station, Fire Sciences Laboratory (Producer): U.S.D.A; Forest Service.
  7.  Scirpus maritimus var. macrostachyus, In: Flora Boreali-Americana (Michaux), 1: 32. 1803. "Plant Name Details for Scirpus maritimus var. macrostachyus". IPNI. Retrieved August 7, 2010. Locality: 'in paludibus salsis Carolinae'
  8. Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  9. "Bolboschoenus robustus (Pursh) Soják". Flora of North America, 23: 38–43. eFloras. Retrieved August 8, 2010.
  10. Dan Moerman. "Search for Schoenoplectus robustus". Native American Ethnobotany Database. Dearborn, Michigan: University of Michigan. Retrieved August 8, 2010.


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