Schoenoplectus tabernaemontani
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Photo Courtesy Renee Brecht |
USDA |
| Botanical name: | Schoenoplectus tabernaemontani |
| Common name: | softstem bulrush |
| Group: | monocot |
| Family: | Cyperaceae |
| Growth type: | graminoid |
| Duration: | perennial |
| Origin: | native |
| Plant height: | up to 10' |
| Flower: | open inflorescence, many stalked, budlike spikelets |
| Flowering time: | blooms and fruits late June to late August |
| Habitat: | fresh to brackish, shallow water of swamps |
| Range in New Jersey: | statewide outside the central Pine barrens |
| Heritage ranking, if any: | n/a |
| Distribution: |  |
| Misc.: | A food source for muskrat, ducks, geese, and other waterfowl. Also provides
cover to nesting birds.
The stems were used by Native Americans for mats, and various parts of the plant are edible. For more information on S. tabernaemontani, see the USDA plant guide. |