General Plant Information (Edit)
| Plant Habit: |
Grass/Grass-like
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| Sun Requirements: |
Full Sun
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| Water Preferences: |
In Water
Wet
Wet Mesic
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| Soil pH Preferences: |
Moderately acid (5.6 – 6.0)
Slightly acid (6.1 – 6.5)
Neutral (6.6 – 7.3)
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| Minimum cold hardiness: |
Zone 2 -45.6 °C (-50 °F) to -42.8 °C (-45°F)
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| Maximum recommended zone: |
Zone 10a
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| Plant Height: |
3 to 6 feet |
| Fruit: |
Showy
Edible to birds
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| Fruiting Time: |
Summer
Late summer or early fall
Fall
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| Flower Color: |
Brown
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| Flower Time: |
Spring
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| Suitable Locations: |
Bog gardening
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| Uses: |
Erosion control
Water gardens
Will Naturalize
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| Wildlife Attractant: |
Birds
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| Resistances: |
Deer Resistant
Flood Resistant
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| Pollinators: |
Wind
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| Conservation status: |
Least Concern (LC)
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- Softstem Bulrush
- Great Bulrush
- Soft-Stem Bulrush
- Soft-Stem Club-Rush
- Accepted: Schoenoplectus tabernaemontani
- Synonym: Scirpus tabernaemontani
- Synonym: Scirpus validus
Posted by
ILPARW (southeast Pennsylvania - Zone 6b) on Feb 12, 2018 7:51 PM concerning plant:
Soft-stemmed Bulrush is not only native to almost all of North America, but also is world-wide. It grows in shallow water, fresh or brackish, in ponds and lakes, along watercourses, and in bogs and marshes. It makes a good mass for good erosion control; it makes good cover for birds; and it is a food for muskrats. It bears its orange-brown many-flowered spikelets in April-May. They become the scaled nutlets in drooping clusters. It is sold by some native plant nurseries for wet native landscape situations and for conservation district projects for erosion control and plant cover around bodies of water and watercourses.
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