Bolboschoenus novae-angliae

Bolboschoenus novae-angliae, common names New England bulrush,[3] and Salt march bulrush[4] is a plant species found along the Atlantic seacoast of the United States from Alabama to Maine (although there are no records of the plant from South Carolina, and reports from Alabama, Georgia, and North Carolina remain unconfirmed). It grows in brackish and salt-water marshes and estuaries along the coast.[5][6]

New England bulrush
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Cyperaceae
Genus: Bolboschoenus
Species:
B. novae-angliae
Binomial name
Bolboschoenus novae-angliae
(Britton) S.G.Sm.
Synonyms[1][2]
  • Schoenoplectus novae-angliae (Britton) M.T.Strong
  • Scirpus campestris var. novae-angliae (Britton) Fernald
  • Scirpus cylindricus Britton
  • Scirpus maritimus var. cylindricus Torr.
  • Scirpus novae-angliae Britton
  • Scirpus robustus var. novae-angliae (Britton) Beetle

Bolboschoenus novae-angliae is a perennial herb up to 150 cm (80 inches) tall, spreading by means of underground rhizomes. Culms are triangular in cross-section. Flowers and fruits are borne in spikelets at the tip of the culm. Achenes are variable in shape, sometimes compressed, sometimes trigonous, the two shapes sometimes present on the same plant.[5][7][8][9][10][11]

It is listed as a special concern species in Connecticut.[4]

References
  1. Tropicos
  2. The Plant List
  3. "Schoenoplectus novae-angliae". Natural Resources Conservation Service PLANTS Database. USDA. Retrieved 7 November 2015.
  4. http://www.ct.gov/deep/lib/deep/wildlife/pdf_files/nongame/ets15.pdf
  5. Flora of North America v 23 p 43., Bolboschoenus novae-angliae
  6. Biota of North America Program 2014 county distribution map, Schoenoplectus novae-angliae
  7. Browning, J., K. D. Gordon-Gray & S. G. Smith. 1995. Achene structure and taxonomy of North American Bolboschoenus (Cyperaceae). Brittonia 47(4): 433–445.
  8. Smith, Stanley Galen. 1995. Brittonia 47(4): 434.
  9. Britton, Nathaniel Lord. 1898. Illustrated Flora of the Northern United States 3: 509, f. 627a.
  10. Fernald, Merritt Lyndon. 1906. Rhodora 8(92): 163.
  11. Beetle, Alan Ackerman. 1942. American Journal of Botany 29(1): 87.
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