Cyperaceae
Common threesquare
Schoenoplectus pungens
- Family
- Cyperaceae
- Genus
- Schoenoplectus
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Common names
By language (7)
- Czech
- Skřípinec pichlavý
- Dutch
- Stekende bies
- English
- Common threesquare, Sharp club-rush, Common three-square bulrush
- French
- Scirpe d'Amérique, Scirpe piquant, Scirpe d'Amerique
- German
- Amerikanische Teichbinse, Amerikanische Teichsimse
- hsb
- Štapata syć
- Welsh
- Llafrwynen finiog
Synonyms
- Cyperus pungens (Vahl) Missbach & E.H.L.Krause
- Heleogiton pungens (Vahl) Rchb.
- Scirpus americanus var. pungens (Vahl) Barros & Osten
- Scirpus longispicatus Smyth
- Scirpus pungens Vahl
- Scirpus pungens var. pungens
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Graminoid
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Alaska: native, Canada: native, Lower 48 states: native, St. Pierre and Miquelon: native
Photos
Photo: Daderot, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: heather patti, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: John Tann from Sydney, Australia, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: Mrs. C, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: John Tann from Sydney, Australia, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: Connor Wood, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: John Tann from Sydney, Australia, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: Alain Lagrave, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Ewen Cameron, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Ewen Cameron, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Ewen Cameron, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Ewen Cameron, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
More in Schoenoplectus
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- Streambank bulrushSchoenoplectus triqueterCyperaceae
- Hardstem bulrushSchoenoplectus acutusCyperaceae
- Schoenoplectus litoralisCyperaceae
- 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.