Index / Search / Schoenoplectus tabernaemontani
§1 Plant
Schoenoplectus tabernaemontani (C.C. Gmel.) Palla
vernacular softstem bulrush — species · 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
- HI Hawaii Native
- L48 Lower 48 States Native
- PR Puerto Rico Native
- SPM St. Pierre & Miquelon Native
- VI U.S. Virgin Islands Native
§2b
County-level range
· 645 counties across 28 states/territories§3Cultivation specs · USDA
Recorded by the USDA Plant Materials Program.
§3a
Tolerances
- Drought
- None
- Shade
- High
- Moisture use
- High
- Fire
- High
- Salinity
- Low
- Anaerobic
- High
- CaCO₃
- Medium
- Hedging
- None
§3b
Climate & soil
- Cold tolerance
- -38 °F minimum
- Frost-free days
- 80 min.
- Precipitation
- 18–55 in/yr
- pH range
- 5.4–7.5
- Root depth
- 16 in min.
- Fertility need
- Low
- Soil texture
- coarse, medium, fine
§3c
Form & growth
- Growth form
- Rhizomatous
- Growth rate
- Rapid
- Lifespan
- Long
- Mature height
- 9 ft
- Foliage texture
- Coarse
- Foliage colour
- Green
- Porosity (summer)
- Dense
- Porosity (winter)
- Porous
- Flower colour
- Red
- Fruit colour
- Green
- Fire resistant
- No
- N fixation
- None
- Toxicity
- None
§3d
Reproduction
- Bloom period
- Late Spring
- Seed abundance
- Low
- Seed begins
- Summer
- Seed ends
- Summer
- Spread rate
- Slow
- Stratify
- No
- Seeds / lb
- 36,000,000
- 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 645 counties across 28 states/territories.
Alabama view state ↗ 3 N ▾
Alaska view state ↗ 9 N ▾
Arizona view state ↗ 10 N ▾
Arkansas view state ↗ 7 N ▾
Delaware view state ↗ 3 N ▾
District of Columbia view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Florida view state ↗ 33 N ▾
- Alachua 12001
- Brevard 12009
- Broward 12011
- Charlotte 12015
- Citrus 12017
- Collier 12021
- Columbia 12023
- Duval 12031
- Escambia 12033
- Franklin 12037
- Gulf 12045
- Hendry 12051
- Highlands 12055
- Hillsborough 12057
- Lake 12069
- Lee 12071
- Leon 12073
- Levy 12075
- Manatee 12081
- Marion 12083
- Martin 12085
- Miami-Dade 12086
- Nassau 12089
- Okaloosa 12091
- Pinellas 12103
- Polk 12105
- Putnam 12107
- Sarasota 12115
- Seminole 12117
- Sumter 12119
- Volusia 12127
- Wakulla 12129
- Walton 12131
Georgia view state ↗ 7 N ▾
Illinois view state ↗ 71 N ▾
- Boone 17007
- Brown 17009
- Calhoun 17013
- Carroll 17015
- Cass 17017
- Champaign 17019
- Clark 17023
- Coles 17029
- Cook 17031
- Crawford 17033
- De Witt 17039
- DeKalb 17037
- Douglas 17041
- DuPage 17043
- Fayette 17051
- Ford 17053
- Fulton 17057
- Greene 17061
- Grundy 17063
- Henderson 17071
- Henry 17073
- Iroquois 17075
- Jackson 17077
- Jersey 17083
- Jo Daviess 17085
- Kane 17089
- Kankakee 17091
- Kendall 17093
- Knox 17095
- Lake 17097
- LaSalle 17099
- Lawrence 17101
- Lee 17103
- Livingston 17105
- Logan 17107
- Macon 17115
- Madison 17119
- Marshall 17123
- Mason 17125
- McDonough 17109
- McHenry 17111
- McLean 17113
- Menard 17129
- Mercer 17131
- Monroe 17133
- Morgan 17137
- Moultrie 17139
- Ogle 17141
- Peoria 17143
- Perry 17145
- Piatt 17147
- Pike 17149
- Pope 17151
- Putnam 17155
- Randolph 17157
- Rock Island 17161
- Sangamon 17167
- Schuyler 17169
- Scott 17171
- Shelby 17173
- St. Clair 17163
- Stark 17175
- Stephenson 17177
- Tazewell 17179
- Union 17181
- Vermilion 17183
- Wabash 17185
- Will 17197
- Williamson 17199
- Winnebago 17201
- Woodford 17203
Indiana view state ↗ 57 N ▾
- Blackford 18009
- Boone 18011
- Carroll 18015
- Cass 18017
- Clark 18019
- Clay 18021
- Crawford 18025
- Daviess 18027
- Dearborn 18029
- Decatur 18031
- DeKalb 18033
- Elkhart 18039
- Floyd 18043
- Fountain 18045
- Gibson 18051
- Grant 18053
- Hamilton 18057
- Hancock 18059
- Howard 18067
- Huntington 18069
- Jackson 18071
- Jasper 18073
- Jay 18075
- Jefferson 18077
- Knox 18083
- Kosciusko 18085
- Lagrange 18087
- Lake 18089
- LaPorte 18091
- Lawrence 18093
- Marion 18097
- Martin 18101
- Miami 18103
- Monroe 18105
- Montgomery 18107
- Morgan 18109
- Newton 18111
- Noble 18113
- Parke 18121
- Porter 18127
- Putnam 18133
- Rush 18139
- Shelby 18145
- Spencer 18147
- St. Joseph 18141
- Starke 18149
- Steuben 18151
- Sullivan 18153
- Switzerland 18155
- Tippecanoe 18157
- Vermillion 18165
- Vigo 18167
- Wabash 18169
- Washington 18175
- Wayne 18177
- Wells 18179
- White 18181
Kentucky view state ↗ 43 N ▾
- Adair 21001
- Bath 21011
- Boone 21015
- Boyle 21021
- Bracken 21023
- Bullitt 21029
- Calloway 21035
- Campbell 21037
- Casey 21045
- Clark 21049
- Daviess 21059
- Estill 21065
- Fayette 21067
- Floyd 21071
- Franklin 21073
- Fulton 21075
- Hardin 21093
- Harrison 21097
- Henderson 21101
- Hopkins 21107
- Jackson 21109
- Jefferson 21111
- Kenton 21117
- Laurel 21125
- Lee 21129
- Lewis 21135
- Lincoln 21137
- Madison 21151
- Magoffin 21153
- Meade 21163
- Menifee 21165
- Montgomery 21173
- Nelson 21179
- Nicholas 21181
- Oldham 21185
- Pendleton 21191
- Powell 21197
- Rockcastle 21203
- Rowan 21205
- Shelby 21211
- Trigg 21221
- Warren 21227
- Woodford 21239
Louisiana view state ↗ 16 N ▾
Maine view state ↗ 15 N ▾
Maryland view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Massachusetts view state ↗ 14 N ▾
Mississippi view state ↗ 2 N ▾
Montana view state ↗ 27 N ▾
- Beaverhead 30001
- Big Horn 30003
- Blaine 30005
- Carbon 30009
- Carter 30011
- Chouteau 30015
- Custer 30017
- Dawson 30021
- Fallon 30025
- Fergus 30027
- Gallatin 30031
- Garfield 30033
- Golden Valley 30037
- Lewis and Clark 30049
- McCone 30055
- Musselshell 30065
- Park 30067
- Phillips 30071
- Powder River 30075
- Richland 30083
- Rosebud 30087
- Sheridan 30091
- Stillwater 30095
- Sweet Grass 30097
- Teton 30099
- Valley 30105
- Wibaux 30109
New Hampshire view state ↗ 10 N ▾
New Jersey view state ↗ 21 N ▾
New York view state ↗ 47 N ▾
- Albany 36001
- Allegany 36003
- Bronx 36005
- Broome 36007
- Cattaraugus 36009
- Cayuga 36011
- Chautauqua 36013
- Chemung 36015
- Chenango 36017
- Clinton 36019
- Columbia 36021
- Dutchess 36027
- Erie 36029
- Essex 36031
- Genesee 36037
- Greene 36039
- Herkimer 36043
- Jefferson 36045
- Kings 36047
- Lewis 36049
- Livingston 36051
- Madison 36053
- Monroe 36055
- Nassau 36059
- Niagara 36063
- Oneida 36065
- Onondaga 36067
- Ontario 36069
- Orange 36071
- Oswego 36075
- Putnam 36079
- Queens 36081
- Richmond 36085
- Rockland 36087
- Saratoga 36091
- Schenectady 36093
- Schuyler 36097
- St. Lawrence 36089
- Steuben 36101
- Suffolk 36103
- Sullivan 36105
- Tioga 36107
- Ulster 36111
- Warren 36113
- Washington 36115
- Wayne 36117
- Westchester 36119
North Carolina view state ↗ 38 N ▾
- Alamance 37001
- Ashe 37009
- Avery 37011
- Beaufort 37013
- Bertie 37015
- Brunswick 37019
- Cabarrus 37025
- Carteret 37031
- Cherokee 37039
- Chowan 37041
- Craven 37049
- Currituck 37053
- Dare 37055
- Graham 37075
- Guilford 37081
- Haywood 37087
- Henderson 37089
- Hyde 37095
- Iredell 37097
- Lincoln 37109
- Macon 37113
- Madison 37115
- McDowell 37111
- Mecklenburg 37119
- Mitchell 37121
- Montgomery 37123
- New Hanover 37129
- Onslow 37133
- Pamlico 37137
- Pasquotank 37139
- Perquimans 37143
- Polk 37149
- Rutherford 37161
- Surry 37171
- Swain 37173
- Watauga 37189
- Wilkes 37193
- Yancey 37199
Pennsylvania view state ↗ 61 N ▾
- Allegheny 42003
- Armstrong 42005
- Beaver 42007
- Bedford 42009
- Berks 42011
- Blair 42013
- Bradford 42015
- Bucks 42017
- Butler 42019
- Cambria 42021
- Cameron 42023
- Carbon 42025
- Centre 42027
- Chester 42029
- Clarion 42031
- Clearfield 42033
- Clinton 42035
- Crawford 42039
- Cumberland 42041
- Dauphin 42043
- Delaware 42045
- Elk 42047
- Erie 42049
- Fayette 42051
- Forest 42053
- Franklin 42055
- Fulton 42057
- Greene 42059
- Huntingdon 42061
- Indiana 42063
- Jefferson 42065
- Juniata 42067
- Lackawanna 42069
- Lancaster 42071
- Lawrence 42073
- Lebanon 42075
- Lehigh 42077
- Luzerne 42079
- Lycoming 42081
- McKean 42083
- Mercer 42085
- Mifflin 42087
- Monroe 42089
- Montgomery 42091
- Montour 42093
- Northampton 42095
- Northumberland 42097
- Perry 42099
- Philadelphia 42101
- Pike 42103
- Schuylkill 42107
- Snyder 42109
- Somerset 42111
- Tioga 42117
- Union 42119
- Venango 42121
- Warren 42123
- Washington 42125
- Wayne 42127
- Westmoreland 42129
- York 42133
Rhode Island view state ↗ 4 N ▾
South Carolina view state ↗ 9 N ▾
Tennessee view state ↗ 27 N ▾
- Anderson 47001
- Blount 47009
- Bradley 47011
- Campbell 47013
- Carter 47019
- Coffee 47031
- Cumberland 47035
- Dickson 47043
- Grundy 47061
- Hawkins 47073
- Haywood 47075
- Johnson 47091
- Knox 47093
- Loudon 47105
- Madison 47113
- Marion 47115
- Monroe 47123
- Montgomery 47125
- Obion 47131
- Overton 47133
- Polk 47139
- Roane 47145
- Stewart 47161
- Sullivan 47163
- Tipton 47167
- Unicoi 47171
- Washington 47179
Vermont view state ↗ 13 N ▾
Virginia view state ↗ 71 N ▾
- Accomack 51001
- Albemarle 51003
- Amelia 51007
- Amherst 51009
- Arlington 51013
- Augusta 51015
- Bath 51017
- Bedford 51019
- Bland 51021
- Brunswick 51025
- Campbell 51031
- Carroll 51035
- Charles City 51036
- Charlotte 51037
- Chesapeake (city) 51550
- Clarke 51043
- Craig 51045
- Culpeper 51047
- Cumberland 51049
- Essex 51057
- Fairfax 51059
- Fauquier 51061
- Floyd 51063
- Fluvanna 51065
- Franklin 51067
- Frederick 51069
- Giles 51071
- Gloucester 51073
- Goochland 51075
- Grayson 51077
- Halifax 51083
- Highland 51091
- James City 51095
- King and Queen 51097
- King George 51099
- King William 51101
- Lancaster 51103
- Loudoun 51107
- Louisa 51109
- Madison 51113
- Mathews 51115
- Mecklenburg 51117
- Middlesex 51119
- Montgomery 51121
- Nelson 51125
- New Kent 51127
- Orange 51137
- Page 51139
- Pittsylvania 51143
- Powhatan 51145
- Prince Edward 51147
- Prince George 51149
- Prince William 51153
- Pulaski 51155
- Rappahannock 51157
- Richmond 51159
- Roanoke 51161
- Rockbridge 51163
- Russell 51167
- Scott 51169
- Shenandoah 51171
- Smyth 51173
- Stafford 51179
- Surry 51181
- Tazewell 51185
- Virginia Beach (city) 51810
- Warren 51187
- Washington 51191
- Wise 51195
- Wythe 51197
- York 51199
West Virginia view state ↗ 25 N ▾
- Berkeley 54003
- Brooke 54009
- Fayette 54019
- Grant 54023
- Greenbrier 54025
- Hampshire 54027
- Hardy 54031
- Jefferson 54037
- Kanawha 54039
- Marshall 54051
- McDowell 54047
- Mercer 54055
- Mineral 54057
- Monongalia 54061
- Morgan 54065
- Ohio 54069
- Pocahontas 54075
- Preston 54077
- Putnam 54079
- Raleigh 54081
- Randolph 54083
- Summers 54089
- Tucker 54093
- Wetzel 54103
- Wirt 54105
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/SCTA2 ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/2711157 ↗Record version
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