Cyperaceae
Common club-rush
Schoenoplectus lacustris
- Family
- Cyperaceae
- Genus
- Schoenoplectus
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Common names
By language (32)
- Amharic
- ሙሽ
- Arabic
- جولان بحيري, دَيس
- arz
- جولان بحيرى
- Belarusian
- Чарот азёрны
- Bulgarian
- Езерен камъш
- Chinese
- 沼生水葱, 沼生水蔥
- csb
- Jezórny òczerôk
- Czech
- Skřípinec jezerní
- Danish
- Sø-Kogleaks, Søkogleaks
- Dutch
- Mattenbies
- English
- Common club-rush, Lakeshore bulrush
- Estonian
- Järvkaisel, Järvekaisel, Järvekõrkjas
- Finnish
- Järvikaisla
- French
- Jonc des Chaisiers, Scirpe aigu, Scirpe des lacs, jonc des chaisiers commun
- Galician
- Buño
- German
- Gewöhnliche Teichbinse, Gewöhnliche Teichsimse
- grc
- Ὁλόσχοινος, Club-rush
- Hebrew
- אגמון האגם
- hsb
- Hatna syć, Koniki
- Hungarian
- Tavi káka
- Italian
- Lisca lacustre
- Japanese
- オオフトイ
- Latvian
- Ezera meldrs
- Lithuanian
- Ežerinis meldas
- Norwegian Bokmål
- Sjøsivaks
- Polish
- Oczeret jeziorny, Sitowie
- Portuguese
- Bunho
- Romanian
- Pipirig
- Russian
- Камыш озёрный, Схеноплектус озёрный
- Spanish
- Junco de laguna, Junco lacustre
- Swedish
- Säv
- Welsh
- Llafrwynen
Synonyms
- Cyperus lacustris (L.) Missbach & E.H.L.Krause
- Eleogiton lacustris (L.) Fourr.
- Heleophylax lacustris (L.) Schinz & Thell.
- Hymenochaeta lacustris (L.) Nakai
- Schoenus lacustris (L.) Bernh.
- Scirpus holoschoenus Oeder
- Scirpus lacustris L.
- Scirpus lacustris var. genuinus Godr.
- Scirpus lacustris var. major Schrad.
- Scirpus lacustris var. medius Schrad. ex Lej.
Flowers
- In flower
- May to August (from 333 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Graminoid
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: introduced
Photos
FruitPhoto: Jamie O'Neill, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: AnRo0002, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
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More in Schoenoplectus
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- Chairmaker's bulrushSchoenoplectus americanusCyperaceae
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- 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.