Schoenoplectus pungens | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Monocots |
Clade: | Commelinids |
Order: | Poales |
Family: | Cyperaceae |
Genus: | Schoenoplectus |
Species: | S. pungens
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Binomial name | |
Schoenoplectus pungens (Vahl) Palla
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Synonyms [1] | |
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Schoenoplectus pungens is a species of flowering plant in the sedge family known as common threesquare, [2] common three-square bulrush [3] and sharp club-rush. [4] It is a herbaceous emergent plant that is widespread across much of North and South America as well as Europe, New Zealand and Australia. [1] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11]
Threesquare is found in open, sun-lit marshes and along the shores of lakes and ponds, in water up to 1 m (3 ft 3 in) deep. It is resistant to fire. [12] [13] [14] [15]
Schoenoplectus pungens is a long-lived perennial herb up to 1.5 m (4 ft 11 in) tall. [13] The foliage is dark green, rough and dense. The small flowers are grouped in dense spikelets, with of 1–7 spikelets on each stem. [13] The seeds are brown. [13]
It is closely related to S. americanus, and many S. pungens specimens have long been misidentified as S. americanus. [3]
Schoenoplectus pungens | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Monocots |
Clade: | Commelinids |
Order: | Poales |
Family: | Cyperaceae |
Genus: | Schoenoplectus |
Species: | S. pungens
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Binomial name | |
Schoenoplectus pungens (Vahl) Palla
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Synonyms [1] | |
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Schoenoplectus pungens is a species of flowering plant in the sedge family known as common threesquare, [2] common three-square bulrush [3] and sharp club-rush. [4] It is a herbaceous emergent plant that is widespread across much of North and South America as well as Europe, New Zealand and Australia. [1] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11]
Threesquare is found in open, sun-lit marshes and along the shores of lakes and ponds, in water up to 1 m (3 ft 3 in) deep. It is resistant to fire. [12] [13] [14] [15]
Schoenoplectus pungens is a long-lived perennial herb up to 1.5 m (4 ft 11 in) tall. [13] The foliage is dark green, rough and dense. The small flowers are grouped in dense spikelets, with of 1–7 spikelets on each stem. [13] The seeds are brown. [13]
It is closely related to S. americanus, and many S. pungens specimens have long been misidentified as S. americanus. [3]