Cyperaceae
Mosquito bulrush
Scirpus hattorianus
- Family
- Cyperaceae
- Genus
- Scirpus
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Common names
By language (2)
- English
- Mosquito bulrush, Bulrush
- Japanese
- イワキアブラガヤ
Synonyms
- Scirpus atrovirens subsp. hattorianus (Makino) Verloove & Lambinon
- Scirpus atrovirens subvar. viviparus Farw.
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Graminoid
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Canada: native, Lower 48 states: native, St. Pierre and Miquelon: native
Photos
FlowerPhoto: aarongunnar, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FruitPhoto: bobkennedy, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FruitPhoto: bobkennedy, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FruitPhoto: bobkennedy, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Wikimedia Commons contributor, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Marc-Aurèle Vallée, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Étienne Lacroix-Carignan, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Quinten Wiegersma, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Loopy30, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: naturalist charlie, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Camille Boucher, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Elizabeth Axley, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
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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.