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Cyperaceae

Wood club-rush

Scirpus sylvaticus L.

Family
Cyperaceae
Genus
Scirpus

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Wood club-rush: Inflorescence of Scirpus sylvaticus .
Photo: Christian Fischer, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons

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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

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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.