Scirpus sylvaticus
Scirpus sylvaticus is a species of flowering plant in the sedge family. It is known by common name: wood clubrush.[1]
| Wood clubrush | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Clade: | Commelinids |
| Order: | Poales |
| Family: | Cyperaceae |
| Genus: | Scirpus |
| Species: | S. sylvaticus |
| Binomial name | |
| Scirpus sylvaticus Carl Linnaeus, 1753 | |
| Synonyms | |
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Cyperus sylvaticus (L.) Missbach & E.H.L.Krause, 1900 | |
Scirpus sylvaticus can be a tall plant of 1 metre in height with triangular stems.
S. sylvaticus widespread in Eurasia, is very common in the European part of Russia and in Southern Siberia. It is most often a coastal species, occurring in wet habitat such as marshes in brackish and saltwater, along swamps, along the banks of water bodies, in marshy forests and in wet meadows. It is a perennial herb growing from a rhizome system with associated tubers.
This plant is an important food source for waterfowl. The seeds are food for birds and other animals, such as muskrats.
References
External links
- Verspreiding in Nederland FLORON
- Foto's
- "Scirpus sylvaticus". World Checklist of Selected Plant Families (WCSP). Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
- 'Scirpus sylvaticus L., 1753 at the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
- "Scirpus sylvaticus". National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI).