Index / Search / Schoenoplectus acutus var. acutus
§1 Plant
Schoenoplectus acutus (Muhl. ex Bigelow) Á. Löve & D. Löve var. acutus
vernacular hardstem bulrush — variety · Cyperaceae
§2Habit & range
Habit and range
- Growth habit
- Graminoid
- Duration
- Perennial
- Group
- Monocot
- Family
- Cyperaceae Juss.
- Genus
- Schoenoplectus
§2a
Native status, by region
- AK Alaska Native
- CAN Canada Native
- L48 Lower 48 States Native
- SPM St. Pierre & Miquelon Native
§2b
County-level range
· 536 counties across 30 states/territories§3Cultivation specs · USDA
Recorded by the USDA Plant Materials Program.
§3a
Tolerances
- Drought
- Medium
- Shade
- High
- Moisture use
- High
- Fire
- Medium
- Salinity
- Low
- Anaerobic
- High
- CaCO₃
- Medium
- Hedging
- None
§3b
Climate & soil
- Cold tolerance
- -38 °F minimum
- Frost-free days
- 110 min.
- Precipitation
- 12–60 in/yr
- pH range
- 5.2–8.5
- Root depth
- 14 in min.
- Fertility need
- Medium
- Soil texture
- medium, fine
§3c
Form & growth
- Growth form
- Rhizomatous
- Growth rate
- Moderate
- Lifespan
- Long
- Mature height
- 9.8 ft
- Foliage texture
- Coarse
- Foliage colour
- Green
- Porosity (summer)
- Dense
- Porosity (winter)
- Moderate
- Flower colour
- Green
- Fruit colour
- Black
- Fire resistant
- No
- N fixation
- None
- Toxicity
- None
§3d
Reproduction
- Bloom period
- Late Spring
- Seed abundance
- Medium
- Seed begins
- Spring
- Seed ends
- Fall
- Spread rate
- Moderate
- Stratify
- No
- Seeds / lb
- 206,400
- Propagation
- seed, sprigs
§3e
Use & availability
- Commercial availability
- Routinely Available
- Nursery stock
- No
- Browse palatability
- Low
- Graze palatability
- Low
- Palatable, human
- No
- Lumber
- No
- Christmas tree
- No
§4Counties, by state
Recorded in 536 counties across 30 states/territories.
Alaska view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Arkansas view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Colorado view state ↗ 21 N ▾
Illinois view state ↗ 32 N ▾
- Bureau 17011
- Cass 17017
- Champaign 17019
- Coles 17029
- Cook 17031
- DeKalb 17037
- DuPage 17043
- Greene 17061
- Grundy 17063
- Hancock 17067
- Henderson 17071
- Henry 17073
- Iroquois 17075
- Jo Daviess 17085
- Kane 17089
- Kankakee 17091
- Knox 17095
- Lake 17097
- LaSalle 17099
- Lawrence 17101
- Lee 17103
- Livingston 17105
- Madison 17119
- Marshall 17123
- Mason 17125
- McHenry 17111
- Rock Island 17161
- St. Clair 17163
- Union 17181
- Vermilion 17183
- Will 17197
- Williamson 17199
Indiana view state ↗ 20 N ▾
Iowa view state ↗ 11 N ▾
Kansas view state ↗ 33 N ▾
- Atchison 20005
- Barber 20007
- Barton 20009
- Brown 20013
- Cheyenne 20023
- Cloud 20029
- Dickinson 20041
- Doniphan 20043
- Ellis 20051
- Finney 20055
- Hamilton 20075
- Harper 20077
- Harvey 20079
- Kearny 20093
- Kingman 20095
- Leavenworth 20103
- McPherson 20113
- Meade 20119
- Neosho 20133
- Pratt 20151
- Rawlins 20153
- Reno 20155
- Republic 20157
- Rice 20159
- Rooks 20163
- Saline 20169
- Seward 20175
- Shawnee 20177
- Sherman 20181
- Stafford 20185
- Sumner 20191
- Thomas 20193
- Wilson 20205
Kentucky view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Maine view state ↗ 14 N ▾
Massachusetts view state ↗ 7 N ▾
Michigan view state ↗ 57 N ▾
- Alcona 26001
- Allegan 26005
- Antrim 26009
- Arenac 26011
- Barry 26015
- Benzie 26019
- Berrien 26021
- Branch 26023
- Calhoun 26025
- Cass 26027
- Charlevoix 26029
- Cheboygan 26031
- Chippewa 26033
- Clare 26035
- Clinton 26037
- Dickinson 26043
- Emmet 26047
- Genesee 26049
- Gogebic 26053
- Grand Traverse 26055
- Hillsdale 26059
- Houghton 26061
- Huron 26063
- Ingham 26065
- Ionia 26067
- Isabella 26073
- Kalamazoo 26077
- Kent 26081
- Keweenaw 26083
- Lake 26085
- Lapeer 26087
- Leelanau 26089
- Lenawee 26091
- Livingston 26093
- Luce 26095
- Mackinac 26097
- Manistee 26101
- Marquette 26103
- Mecosta 26107
- Missaukee 26113
- Monroe 26115
- Montcalm 26117
- Montmorency 26119
- Muskegon 26121
- Newaygo 26123
- Oakland 26125
- Ogemaw 26129
- Ontonagon 26131
- Osceola 26133
- Presque Isle 26141
- Roscommon 26143
- Schoolcraft 26153
- St. Clair 26147
- St. Joseph 26149
- Van Buren 26159
- Washtenaw 26161
- Wayne 26163
Minnesota view state ↗ 53 N ▾
- Aitkin 27001
- Anoka 27003
- Becker 27005
- Beltrami 27007
- Big Stone 27011
- Brown 27015
- Cass 27021
- Chisago 27025
- Clay 27027
- Clearwater 27029
- Cook 27031
- Crow Wing 27035
- Dakota 27037
- Douglas 27041
- Freeborn 27047
- Goodhue 27049
- Hennepin 27053
- Hubbard 27057
- Isanti 27059
- Itasca 27061
- Jackson 27063
- Kandiyohi 27067
- Kittson 27069
- Koochiching 27071
- Lac qui Parle 27073
- Lake 27075
- Lake of the Woods 27077
- Le Sueur 27079
- Lincoln 27081
- Mahnomen 27087
- Marshall 27089
- Martin 27091
- Meeker 27093
- Morrison 27097
- Murray 27101
- Nicollet 27103
- Nobles 27105
- Norman 27107
- Olmsted 27109
- Otter Tail 27111
- Pennington 27113
- Pipestone 27117
- Polk 27119
- Pope 27121
- Redwood 27127
- Roseau 27135
- St. Louis 27137
- Steele 27147
- Traverse 27155
- Waseca 27161
- Washington 27163
- Wilkin 27167
- Wright 27171
Missouri view state ↗ 15 N ▾
Montana view state ↗ 16 N ▾
Nebraska view state ↗ 37 N ▾
- Arthur 31005
- Blaine 31009
- Box Butte 31013
- Brown 31017
- Buffalo 31019
- Chase 31029
- Cherry 31031
- Clay 31035
- Cuming 31039
- Dawes 31045
- Deuel 31049
- Douglas 31055
- Dundy 31057
- Garden 31069
- Grant 31075
- Hayes 31085
- Hitchcock 31087
- Holt 31089
- Hooker 31091
- Jefferson 31095
- Keith 31101
- Keya Paha 31103
- Lincoln 31111
- Logan 31113
- Morrill 31123
- Nemaha 31127
- Otoe 31131
- Richardson 31147
- Rock 31149
- Saline 31151
- Scotts Bluff 31157
- Sheridan 31161
- Sherman 31163
- Thomas 31171
- Valley 31175
- Washington 31177
- Wheeler 31183
New Hampshire view state ↗ 4 N ▾
New Jersey view state ↗ 3 N ▾
New Mexico view state ↗ 9 N ▾
New York view state ↗ 26 N ▾
- Albany 36001
- Cattaraugus 36009
- Cayuga 36011
- Chautauqua 36013
- Chemung 36015
- Clinton 36019
- Columbia 36021
- Erie 36029
- Essex 36031
- Jefferson 36045
- Madison 36053
- Monroe 36055
- Onondaga 36067
- Ontario 36069
- Oswego 36075
- Otsego 36077
- Saratoga 36091
- Schenectady 36093
- Schuyler 36097
- Seneca 36099
- St. Lawrence 36089
- Steuben 36101
- Tompkins 36109
- Warren 36113
- Washington 36115
- Wayne 36117
North Carolina view state ↗ 2 N ▾
North Dakota view state ↗ 48 N ▾
- Adams 38001
- Barnes 38003
- Benson 38005
- Billings 38007
- Bottineau 38009
- Bowman 38011
- Burke 38013
- Burleigh 38015
- Cass 38017
- Cavalier 38019
- Dickey 38021
- Divide 38023
- Dunn 38025
- Eddy 38027
- Emmons 38029
- Foster 38031
- Grand Forks 38035
- Grant 38037
- Griggs 38039
- Kidder 38043
- LaMoure 38045
- Logan 38047
- McHenry 38049
- McIntosh 38051
- McKenzie 38053
- McLean 38055
- Mercer 38057
- Mountrail 38061
- Nelson 38063
- Oliver 38065
- Pembina 38067
- Pierce 38069
- Ramsey 38071
- Ransom 38073
- Renville 38075
- Richland 38077
- Rolette 38079
- Sargent 38081
- Sheridan 38083
- Slope 38087
- Steele 38091
- Stutsman 38093
- Towner 38095
- Traill 38097
- Walsh 38099
- Ward 38101
- Wells 38103
- Williams 38105
Ohio view state ↗ 8 N ▾
Oklahoma view state ↗ 12 N ▾
Pennsylvania view state ↗ 8 N ▾
South Dakota view state ↗ 30 N ▾
- Beadle 46005
- Bennett 46007
- Bon Homme 46009
- Brown 46013
- Brule 46015
- Charles Mix 46023
- Clark 46025
- Codington 46029
- Day 46037
- Fall River 46047
- Faulk 46049
- Grant 46051
- Gregory 46053
- Hamlin 46057
- Hughes 46065
- Jackson 46071
- Kingsbury 46077
- Lake 46079
- Lincoln 46083
- Marshall 46091
- McCook 46087
- McPherson 46089
- Minnehaha 46099
- Roberts 46109
- Spink 46115
- Stanley 46117
- Todd 46121
- Tripp 46123
- Union 46127
- Yankton 46135
Texas view state ↗ 8 N ▾
Vermont view state ↗ 11 N ▾
Virginia view state ↗ 4 N ▾
West Virginia view state ↗ 2 N ▾
Wisconsin view state ↗ 42 N ▾
- Adams 55001
- Bayfield 55007
- Brown 55009
- Burnett 55013
- Chippewa 55017
- Columbia 55021
- Dane 55025
- Dodge 55027
- Door 55029
- Douglas 55031
- Florence 55037
- Fond du Lac 55039
- Forest 55041
- Green Lake 55047
- Jefferson 55055
- Kenosha 55059
- Kewaunee 55061
- Lincoln 55069
- Manitowoc 55071
- Marinette 55075
- Marquette 55077
- Oconto 55083
- Oneida 55085
- Ozaukee 55089
- Polk 55095
- Portage 55097
- Racine 55101
- Rock 55105
- Rusk 55107
- Sauk 55111
- Sawyer 55113
- Shawano 55115
- Sheboygan 55117
- St. Croix 55109
- Vilas 55125
- Walworth 55127
- Washburn 55129
- Washington 55131
- Waukesha 55133
- Waupaca 55135
- Waushara 55137
- Winnebago 55139
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/SCACA ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/7070386 ↗Record version
Cached and built locally. Source version on this record:
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