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Photographer: Robert W. Freckmann
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Family Cyperaceae
Schoenoplectus pungens (Vahl) Palla
chair-maker's rush, common three-square bulrush
Schoenoplectus: Greek a 'rush leek' ' plecto for "plaited, twisted"
schoenos for "rush or reed"
pungens: spiny, sharp-pointed
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| Status: | Native |
| Plant: | erect, perennial, to 5' tall, semi-aquatic, emergent sedge; stems triangular; firm rhizomes |
| Flower: | inflorescence tight clustered spikelet from side of bract at stem top, spikelet of sharp-pointed red-brown scales |
| Fruit: | nutlet, with 2 bristles, stubby beak |
| Leaf: | merely short sheaths at stem base |
| Habitat: | wet; marshes shores in water 2'-3' deep |
| (Glossary) |
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