Cyperaceae
Wood club-rush
Scirpus sylvaticus
- Family
- Cyperaceae
- Genus
- Scirpus
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Common names
By language (16)
- Belarusian
- Чарот лясны, Ачарот, Дзікая грэчка, Камыш, Міліца, Сітняк, Чарот
- Catalan
- Scirpe des bois
- Chinese
- 林生藨草
- Czech
- Skřípina lesní
- Dutch
- Bosbies
- English
- Wood club-rush
- Estonian
- Metskõrkjas
- Finnish
- Korpikaisla
- French
- Scirpe des bois, Souchet des bois
- German
- Wald-Simse, Gewöhnliche Waldbinse, Scirpe des bois, Waldsimse
- hsb
- Lěsna škripina, Lěsna syć
- Hungarian
- Közönséges erdeikáka
- Lithuanian
- Liekninis viksvameldis, Scirpe des bois
- Norwegian Bokmål
- Skogsivaks
- Polish
- Sitowie leśne
- Swedish
- Scirpe des bois
Synonyms
- Cyperus sylvaticus (L.) Missbach & E.H.L.Krause
- Nemocharis sylvatica (L.) Beurl.
- Schoenus sylvaticus (L.) Bernh.
- Scirpus gramineus Neck.
- Scirpus latifolius Gilib.
- Scirpus sylvaticus f. angustifolius Podp.
- Scirpus sylvaticus f. jungei Soó
- Scirpus sylvaticus subsp. digynus (Boeckeler) T.Koyama
- Scirpus sylvaticus var. compactus C.Klinggr.
- Scirpus sylvaticus var. digynus Boeckeler
- Scirpus sylvaticus var. dissitiflorus Sond.
- Scirpus sylvaticus var. jechlii Opiz ex Nyman
- Scirpus sylvaticus var. laxus Čelak.
- Scirpus sylvaticus var. sylvaticus
- Seidlia jechlii Opiz ex Nyman
- Seidlia radicans Opiz
- Seidlia sylvatica (L.) Opiz
- Taphrogiton sylvaticum (L.) Montandon
Photos

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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). About our plant data.