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
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
Synonyms

Cyperus sylvaticus (L.) Missbach & E.H.L.Krause, 1900
Nemocharis sylvatica (L.) Beurl., 1853
Schoenus sylvaticus (L.) Bernh., 1800
Scirpus gramineus Neck., 1768
Scirpus latifolius Gilib., 1792, nom. inval.
Seidlia jechlii Opiz, nom. inval.
Seidlia sylvatica (L.) Opiz, 1826
Taphrogiton sylvaticum (L.) Montandon, 1868

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

  • 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).


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