Index / Search / Schoenoplectiella purshiana
§1 Plant
Schoenoplectiella purshiana (Fernald) Lye
vernacular weakstalk bulrush — species · Cyperaceae
§2Habit & range
Habit and range
- Growth habit
- Graminoid
- Duration
- Annual
- Group
- Monocot
- Family
- Cyperaceae Juss.
- Genus
- Schoenoplectiella
Native status, by region
- CAN Canada Native
- L48 Lower 48 States Native
County-level range
· 236 counties across 24 states/territories§3Cultivation
No cultivation specs.
USDA has not characterised this taxon. Roughly four out of five plants in the database lack the detailed cultivation record present here — typically because they have not been the focus of NRCS Plant Materials work. Range and distribution data are unaffected.
§4Counties, by state
Recorded in 236 counties across 24 states/territories.
Alabama view state ↗ 3 N ▾
Delaware view state ↗ 2 N ▾
District of Columbia view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Georgia view state ↗ 9 N ▾
Illinois view state ↗ 6 N ▾
Indiana view state ↗ 17 N ▾
Iowa view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Kentucky view state ↗ 17 N ▾
Maryland view state ↗ 2 N ▾
Massachusetts view state ↗ 11 N ▾
Michigan view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Minnesota view state ↗ 2 N ▾
Missouri view state ↗ 1 N ▾
New Jersey view state ↗ 3 N ▾
New York view state ↗ 10 N ▾
North Carolina view state ↗ 28 N ▾
- Alexander 37003
- Alleghany 37005
- Ashe 37009
- Avery 37011
- Buncombe 37021
- Burke 37023
- Catawba 37035
- Cherokee 37039
- Clay 37043
- Graham 37075
- Haywood 37087
- Henderson 37089
- Iredell 37097
- Jackson 37099
- Macon 37113
- Madison 37115
- McDowell 37111
- Orange 37135
- Person 37145
- Polk 37149
- Stokes 37169
- Swain 37173
- Transylvania 37175
- Wake 37183
- Watauga 37189
- Wilkes 37193
- Yadkin 37197
- Yancey 37199
Ohio view state ↗ 8 N ▾
Pennsylvania view state ↗ 28 N ▾
- Bedford 42009
- Berks 42011
- Bucks 42017
- Cameron 42023
- Carbon 42025
- Centre 42027
- Chester 42029
- Cumberland 42041
- Dauphin 42043
- Elk 42047
- Forest 42053
- Franklin 42055
- Huntingdon 42061
- Lancaster 42071
- Lebanon 42075
- Lehigh 42077
- Lycoming 42081
- Montgomery 42091
- Northampton 42095
- Northumberland 42097
- Philadelphia 42101
- Schuylkill 42107
- Susquehanna 42115
- Union 42119
- Warren 42123
- Wayne 42127
- Westmoreland 42129
- York 42133
South Carolina view state ↗ 3 N ▾
Tennessee view state ↗ 18 N ▾
Vermont view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Virginia view state ↗ 38 N ▾
- Albemarle 51003
- Alleghany 51005
- Amelia 51007
- Appomattox 51011
- Arlington 51013
- Augusta 51015
- Bath 51017
- Brunswick 51025
- Caroline 51033
- Charlotte 51037
- Chesterfield 51041
- Culpeper 51047
- Cumberland 51049
- Dickenson 51051
- Dinwiddie 51053
- Fairfax 51059
- Fauquier 51061
- Frederick 51069
- Grayson 51077
- Greene 51079
- Hanover 51085
- King and Queen 51097
- Louisa 51109
- Lunenburg 51111
- Mecklenburg 51117
- Montgomery 51121
- Nelson 51125
- Nottoway 51135
- Orange 51137
- Patrick 51141
- Powhatan 51145
- Prince Edward 51147
- Roanoke 51161
- Shenandoah 51171
- Spotsylvania 51177
- Stafford 51179
- Warren 51187
- Westmoreland 51193
West Virginia view state ↗ 6 N ▾
Wisconsin view state ↗ 20 N ▾
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/SCPU14 ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/2710808 ↗Record version
Cached and built locally. Source version on this record:
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