Cyperaceae
Brown bog-rush
Schoenus ferrugineus
- Family
- Cyperaceae
- Genus
- Schoenus
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Common names
By language (17)
- Bulgarian
- Червеникав схьонус
- Czech
- Šášina rezavá
- English
- Brown bog-rush
- Estonian
- Pruun sepsikas
- Finnish
- Ruskoruosteheinä, Ruosteheinä
- French
- Choin ferrugineux
- German
- Rostrotes Kopfried
- hsb
- Zerzawojta šasnja
- Latvian
- Rūsganā melncere
- Lithuanian
- Rusvasis vikšrenis
- Norwegian Bokmål
- Brunskjene
- Polish
- Marzyca ruda
- Russian
- Схенус ржавый
- Swedish
- Axag
- Tatar
- Тутык төсендәге схенус
- Ukrainian
- Сашник іржавий
- Welsh
- Corsfrwynen rudd
Synonyms
- Chaetospora ferruginea (L.) Rchb.
- Schoenus karpatii Pénzes
- Streblidia ferruginea (L.) Link
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Graminoid
Photos
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Photo: Stefan.lefnaer, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Stefan.lefnaer, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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- Beardless bog-rushSchoenus imberbisCyperaceae
- Black bog-rushSchoenus melanostachysCyperaceae
- Shiny bog-rushSchoenus nitensCyperaceae
- Schoenus vaginatusCyperaceae
- Schoenus variicellaeCyperaceae
- Hairy bog-rushSchoenus villosusCyperaceae
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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); US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.