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§1 Plant

Scirpus georgianus Harper

vernacular Georgia bulrush — species · Cyperaceae

USDA
SCGE2
GBIF
2720269
Rank
species
Georgia bulrush (Scirpus georgianus)
Platephotograph · agujaceratopsCC BY source · iNaturalist ↗

§2Habit & range

Habit and range

Growth habit
Graminoid
Duration
Perennial
Group
Monocot
Family
Cyperaceae Juss.
Genus
Scirpus
§2a

Native status, by region

  • CAN Canada Native
  • L48 Lower 48 States Native
§2b

County-level range

· 368 counties across 25 states/territories
Legend Native · 368 Introduced · 0 Both · 0 Hover a county for detail.

§3Cultivation specs · USDA

Recorded by the USDA Plant Materials Program.

§3a

Tolerances

Drought
Low
Shade
Medium
Moisture use
Medium
Fire
High
Salinity
None
Anaerobic
Medium
CaCO₃
Low
Hedging
None
§3b

Climate & soil

Cold tolerance
-38 °F minimum
Frost-free days
80 min.
Precipitation
35–55 in/yr
pH range
4.5–7
Root depth
9 in min.
Fertility need
Low
Soil texture
medium, fine
§3c

Form & growth

Growth form
Bunch
Growth rate
Moderate
Lifespan
Moderate
Mature height
4.5 ft
Foliage texture
Fine
Foliage colour
Dark Green
Porosity (summer)
Moderate
Porosity (winter)
Porous
Flower colour
Yellow
Fruit colour
Brown
Fire resistant
No
N fixation
None
Toxicity
None
§3d

Reproduction

Bloom period
Early Summer
Seed abundance
Low
Seed begins
Summer
Seed ends
Summer
Spread rate
Slow
Stratify
No
Propagation
seed, bare root, container, sprigs
§3e

Use & availability

Commercial availability
Routinely Available
Nursery stock
No
Palatable, human
No
Lumber
No
Christmas tree
No

§4Counties, by state

Recorded in 368 counties across 25 states/territories.

Arkansas view state ↗ 28 N ▾
Delaware view state ↗ 1 N ▾
District of Columbia view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Georgia view state ↗ 8 N ▾
Illinois view state ↗ 29 N ▾
Indiana view state ↗ 33 N ▾
Iowa view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Kansas view state ↗ 14 N ▾
Kentucky view state ↗ 61 N ▾
Louisiana view state ↗ 5 N ▾
Massachusetts view state ↗ 9 N ▾
Michigan view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Minnesota view state ↗ 2 N ▾
Missouri view state ↗ 60 N ▾
Nebraska view state ↗ 1 N ▾
New Jersey view state ↗ 11 N ▾
New York view state ↗ 18 N ▾
Ohio view state ↗ 19 N ▾
Oklahoma view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Pennsylvania view state ↗ 31 N ▾
Texas view state ↗ 12 N ▾
Vermont view state ↗ 2 N ▾
Virginia view state ↗ 1 N ▾
West Virginia view state ↗ 12 N ▾
Wisconsin view state ↗ 7 N ▾

§5Sources & provenance

USDA PLANTS

Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.

plants.usda.gov/SCGE2 ↗

GBIF Backbone

Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.

gbif.org/species/2720269 ↗

Record version

Cached and built locally. Source version on this record:

usda-plants-mt-2026-05-26

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