Cyperaceae
Hardstem bulrush
Schoenoplectus acutus
- Family
- Cyperaceae
- Genus
- Schoenoplectus
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Schoenoplectus acutusCyperaceae
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Common names
By language (12)
- Chinese
- 銳藨草
- Danish
- Sø-Kogleaks
- Dutch
- Mattenbies
- English
- Hardstem bulrush, Common tule, Hardstem tule, Tule rush, Viscid bulrush, Tule
- Estonian
- Järvkaisel
- French
- Scirpe aigu
- German
- Gewöhnliche Teichbinse
- hsb
- Hatna syć
- Lithuanian
- Ežerinis meldas
- Polish
- Oczeret jeziorny, Oczeret
- Portuguese
- Bunho
- Swedish
- Säv
Synonyms
- Schoenoplectus lacustris subsp. acutus (Muhl. ex Bigelow) Á.Löve & D.Löve
- Scirpus acutus Muhl. ex Bigelow
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Graminoid
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Alaska: native, Canada: native, Lower 48 states: native, St. Pierre and Miquelon: native
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- Chairmaker's bulrushSchoenoplectus americanusCyperaceae
- Schoenoplectus nipponicusCyperaceae
- Swaying bulrushSchoenoplectus subterminalisCyperaceae
- Canby's bulrushSchoenoplectus etuberculatusCyperaceae
- Slender bulrushSchoenoplectus heterochaetusCyperaceae
- Torrey's bulrushSchoenoplectus torreyiCyperaceae
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.