Schoenoplectus acutus var. acutus

Common names: Hard-stem bulrush scirpe aigu
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 23. Treatment on page 49. Mentioned on page 48.

Culms dark green, 1–3 m × 2–6 mm, very firm, rarely soft, air cavities in distal 1/4 mostly 0.5 mm wide. Leaves: sheath fronts coarsely pinnate-fibrillose. Inflorescences 2 times branched, branches mostly stiffly ascending. Spikelets 3–40, 6–18 × 3–4 mm. Flowers: perianth bristles 6, equaling achene body; styles 2-fid. Achenes planoconvex. 2n = 36, 38.


Phenology: Fruiting summer.
Habitat: Fresh, often calcareous to brackish marshes, fens, lakes, slow streams, often emergent in water to 1.5 m
Elevation: 0–2700 m

Distribution

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Alta., B.C., Man., N.B., N.W.T., N.S., Ont., P.E.I., Que., Sask., Yukon, Alaska, Ark., Colo., Conn., Del., Idaho, Ill., Ind., Iowa, Kans., Ky., Maine, Md., Mass., Mich., Minn., Mo., Mont., Nebr., N.H., N.J., N.Y., N.C., N.Dak., Ohio, Okla., Pa., R.I., S.Dak., Tex., Vt., Va., Wash., Wis., Wyo., probably Eurasia

Discussion

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

None.

"shortened" is not a number."prolonged" is not a number.

with transverse wavy ridges +  and rugose +
planoconvex +
2 cm20 mm <br />0.02 m <br /> (?) +
acute;obtuse +
S. Galen Smith +
(Muhlenberg ex Bigelow) Á. Löve & D. Löve +
0.05 cm0.5 mm <br />5.0e-4 m <br /> (0.2 cm2 mm <br />0.002 m <br />) +
deciduous +
enlarged +
Scirpus acutus +
0.02 cm0.2 mm <br />2.0e-4 m <br /> (0.04 cm0.4 mm <br />4.0e-4 m <br />) +
usually much shorter +
rudimentary +
1 +  and 2 +
c-shaped +  and dorsiventrally flat +
glumaceous +  and foliaceous +
2-ranked +  and arranged +
ascending +  and appressed +
parallel +  and divergent +
terete +, rolled +  and plicate +
Hard-stem bulrush +  and scirpe aigu +
dorsiventrally flat +  and c-shaped or laterally compressed +
dark green +
2mm +  and 10mm +
100 cm1,000 mm <br />1 m <br /> (300 cm3,000 mm <br />3 m <br />) +
cylindric +
2mm;6mm +
0.8 cm8 mm <br />0.008 m <br /> (12 cm120 mm <br />0.12 m <br />) +
0.3 cm3 mm <br />0.003 m <br /> (0.7 cm7 mm <br />0.007 m <br />) +
Alta. +, B.C. +, Man. +, N.B. +, N.W.T. +, N.S. +, Ont. +, P.E.I. +, Que. +, Sask. +, Yukon +, Alaska +, Ark. +, Colo. +, Conn. +, Del. +, Idaho +, Ill. +, Ind. +, Iowa +, Kans. +, Ky. +, Maine +, Md. +, Mass. +, Mich. +, Minn. +, Mo. +, Mont. +, Nebr. +, N.H. +, N.J. +, N.Y. +, N.C. +, N.Dak. +, Ohio +, Okla. +, Pa. +, R.I. +, S.Dak. +, Tex. +, Vt. +, Va. +, Wash. +, Wis. +, Wyo. +  and probably Eurasia +
0–2700 m +
hypogynous +  and subtending +
membranous-translucent +
biconvex +  and trigonous +
Fresh, often calcareous to brackish marshes, fens, lakes, slow streams, often emergent in water to 1.5 m +
2 times branched branches mostly stiffly ascending +
multi-ranked +, 2-ranked +, 3-ranked +  and alternate +
cauline +  and basal +
membranous +
scabridulous +
v--shaped +
curved +  and straight +
with (1-)3-6(-30) bristles and/or scales +
Fruiting summer. +
2-3(-4)-carpellate +
3 (?) +  and 1 (?) +
1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br /> (9 cm90 mm <br />0.09 m <br />) +
Bull. Torrey Bot. Club +
0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br /> (1.5 cm15 mm <br />0.015 m <br />) +
adventitious +
sparsely +  and often densely reddish or straw-colored +
deciduous +
basal +  and proximal +
spinulose-papillose +
0.2 cm2 mm <br />0.002 m <br /> (0.3 cm3 mm <br />0.003 m <br />) +
straplike +  and spinulose +
pinnate-fibrillose +
W2 +, W1 +  and Illustrated +
0.6 cm6 mm <br />0.006 m <br /> (1.8 cm18 mm <br />0.018 m <br />) +
3 +  and 40 +
septate +, hollow +  and solid +
compressed +, terete +  and trigonous +
papillate +
Schoenoplectus acutus var. acutus +
Schoenoplectus acutus +
variety +
not +  and rhizomatous +