Cyperaceae
Short-leaf bog-rush
Schoenus brevifolius
- Family
- Cyperaceae
- Genus
- Schoenus
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Common names
By language (2)
- English
- Short-leaf bog-rush, Zig-zag bog-rush
- Japanese
- ジョウイ
Synonyms
- Chaetospora tenax Hook.f.
- Schoenus brevifolius subsp. tenax (Hook.f.) Kük.
- Schoenus hattorianus Nakai
- Schoenus tenax (Hook.f.) Hook.f.
Photos
Photo: John Tann from Sydney, Australia, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: John Tann from Sydney, Australia, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: John Tann from Sydney, Australia, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: John Tann from Sydney, Australia, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: John Tann from Sydney, Australia, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: John Tann from Sydney, Australia, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: John Tann from Sydney, Australia, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: John Tann from Sydney, Australia, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: John Tann from Sydney, Australia, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
More in Schoenus
- Black bog-rushSchoenus nigricansCyperaceae
- Brown bog-rushSchoenus ferrugineusCyperaceae
- Smooth bogrushSchoenus apogonCyperaceae
- Heath bog-rushSchoenus ericetorumCyperaceae
- Beardless bog-rushSchoenus imberbisCyperaceae
- Black bog-rushSchoenus melanostachysCyperaceae
- Shiny bog-rushSchoenus nitensCyperaceae
- Schoenus vaginatusCyperaceae
- Schoenus variicellaeCyperaceae
- Hairy bog-rushSchoenus villosusCyperaceae
- Schoenus calcatusCyperaceae
- Strap veldrushSchoenus ligulatusCyperaceae
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). About our plant data.