Cyperaceae
Chairmaker's bulrush
Schoenoplectus americanus
- Family
- Cyperaceae
- Genus
- Schoenoplectus
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Common names
By language (3)
- English
- Chairmaker's bulrush, American bulrush, Olney's bulrush, Swordgrass, Threesquare bulrush
- French
- Scirpe d'Amérique
- Polish
- Oczeret amerykański
Synonyms
- Heleophylax americanus (Pers.) Schinz & Thell.
- Schoenoplectus americanus subsp. triangularis (Pers.) Soó
- Schoenoplectus chilensis (Nees & Meyen) Soják
- Schoenoplectus olneyi (A.Gray) Palla
- Scirpus americanus Pers.
- Scirpus americanus subsp. polyphyllus (Boeck.) T.Koyama
- Scirpus americanus var. americanus
- Scirpus americanus var. triangularis (Pers.) Beetle
- Scirpus chilensis Nees & Meyen
- Scirpus chilensis var. longisetis (Kük.) Beetle
- Scirpus novae-zealandiae Colenso
- Scirpus olneyi A.Gray
- Scirpus olneyi var. longisetis Kük.
- Scirpus triqueter Torr.
- Scirpus triqueter var. triangularis Pers.
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Graminoid
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Alaska: native, Canada: native, Lower 48 states: native, Puerto Rico: native, U.S. Virgin Islands: native
Photos
Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Matt Lavin, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Matt Lavin, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Matt Lavin, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Matt Lavin, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Matt Lavin, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Matt Lavin, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Matt Lavin, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Matt Lavin, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Ayotte, Gilles, 1948-, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Ayotte, Gilles, 1948-, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Ayotte, Gilles, 1948-, CC BY-SA 4.0, 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.