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Schoenoplectus pungens
Species of grass-like plant From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Schoenoplectus pungens is a species of flowering plant in the sedge family known as common threesquare,[2] common three-square bulrush[3] and sharp club-rush.[4] It is a herbaceous emergent plant that is widespread across much of North and South America as well as Europe, New Zealand and Australia.[1][5][6][7][8][9][10][11]
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Habitat
Threesquare is found in open, sun-lit marshes and along the shores of lakes and ponds, in water up to 1 m (3 ft 3 in) deep. It is resistant to fire.[12][13][14][15]
Description
Schoenoplectus pungens is a long-lived perennial herb up to 1.5 m (4 ft 11 in) tall.[13] The foliage is dark green, rough and dense. The small flowers are grouped in dense spikelets, with of 1–7 spikelets on each stem.[13] The seeds are brown.[13]
It is closely related to S. americanus, and many S. pungens specimens have long been misidentified as S. americanus.[3]
Painting by Jacob Sturm in Deutschlands Flora in Abbildungen
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