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Photographer: Derek Anderson
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Family Cyperaceae
Bolboschoenus fluviatilis (Torr.) Soják
river bulrush
Bolboschoenus: Greek bolbos, "swelling or bulb;" schoenus, "rush," from the supposed difference from the genus Schoenus in having bulbous tubers
fluviatilis: from a river
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| Status: | Native |
| Plant: | erect, perennial, to 7' tall, semi-aquatic, emergent sedge, nutlets 3-angled, beaked, 6 barbed bristles; stems 1/3"-3/4" thick, triangular, many leaves, sturdy, rot-resistant; heavy, tuber making rhizomes |
| Flower: | spikelets 1/2-1" long with spiral flowers covered in brown scales |
| Fruit: | nutlets |
| Leaf: | 3-ranked to 1/2" wide, M-shaped in X-section |
| Habitat: | wet; shores, marshes to water > 3' deep; in sediment soil |
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