Cyperaceae
Swamp sawgrass
Cladium mariscus
- Family
- Cyperaceae
- Genus
- Cladium
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Common names
By language (31)
- Arabic
- حلفا سبخية, حلفا
- arz
- حلفا سبخيه
- Belarusian
- Меч-трава звычайная
- Bulgarian
- Режещ кладиум
- Chinese
- 华一本芒, 華一本芒, 华克拉莎
- Czech
- Mařice pilovitá
- Danish
- Hvas Avneknippe, Avneknippe
- Dutch
- Galigaan
- English
- Swamp sawgrass, Fen sedge, Great fen-sedge, Saw grass
- Estonian
- Lääne-mõõkrohi
- Finnish
- Taarna, Isotaarna
- French
- Marisqua, Marisque, Cladiaie
- German
- Binsenschneide, Binsen-Schneide, Schneidried
- grc
- Μαρίσκος
- Hebrew
- מכבד הביצות
- hsb
- Syćinowa mječica
- Hungarian
- Éles télisás
- Irish
- Sábhsheisc
- Italian
- Falasco
- Latvian
- Dižā aslape
- Lithuanian
- Šakotoji ratainytė
- Norwegian Bokmål
- Storak
- Norwegian Nynorsk
- Storak
- Persian
- کلادیوم ماریسکوس
- Polish
- Kłoć wiechowata
- Russian
- Меч-трава обыкновенная
- Slovenian
- Navadna rezika
- Swedish
- Ag
- Tatar
- Гади кылыч үлән
- Ukrainian
- Меч-трава болотна
- Welsh
- Corsfrwynen lem
Synonyms
- Cladium jamaicense Crantz
- Mariscus mariscus (L.) Borbás
- Schoenus mariscus L.
Flowers
- In flower
- May to July (from 84 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Graminoid
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Hawaii: native, Lower 48 states: native, Puerto Rico: native
Photos
FlowerPhoto: 葉子, CC0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: chiuluan, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: chiuluan, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Jamie O'Neill, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FruitPhoto: 葉子, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Kristian Peters -- Fabelfroh 15:47, 20 October 2006, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: zebedeugalinha, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Kristian Peters -- Fabelfroh 15:48, 20 October 2006, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: No machine-readable author provided. Keisotyo assumed, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Jochen Essig, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Hans Hillewaert, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.