Plants Profile for Trichophorum cespitosum (tufted bulrush)

General Information
Symbol:	TRCE3
Group:	Monocot
Family:	Cyperaceae
Duration:	Perennial
Growth Habit:	Graminoid
Native Status:	AK N CAN N GL N L48 N SPM N
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	Native		Introduced		Both		Absent/Unreported
	Native, No County Data		Introduced, No County Data		Both, No County Data

Native Status:

L48

NAV

CAN

SPM

Images

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Robert H. Mohlenbrock. USDA NRCS. 1992. Western wetland flora: Field office guide to plant species. West Region, Sacramento. Provided by USDA NRCS Wetland Science Institute (WSI). Usage Requirements.

©Richard A. Howard. Provided by Smithsonian Institution, Richard A. Howard Photograph Collection. United States, NH, Mount Washington. Usage Requirements.

Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British Possessions. 3 vols. Charles Scribner's Sons, New York. Vol. 1: 328. Provided by Kentucky Native Plant Society. Scanned by Omnitek Inc. Usage Requirements.

Synonyms

Symbol	Scientific Name
BACA20	Baeothryon caespitosum (L.) A. Dietr., orth. var.
BACE	Baeothryon cespitosum (L.) A. Dietr.
SCCAA	Scirpus caespitosus L. var. austriacus (Pall.) Asch. & Graebn., orth. var.
SCCAC3	Scirpus caespitosus L. var. callosus Bigelow, orth. var.
SCCAD2	Scirpus caespitosus L. var. delicatulus Fernald, orth. var.
SCCA27	Scirpus caespitosus L., orth. var.
SCCE2	Scirpus cespitosus L.
SCCEA	Scirpus cespitosus L. var. austriacus (Pall.) Asch. & Graebn.
SCCEC3	Scirpus cespitosus L. var. callosus Bigelow
SCCED	Scirpus cespitosus L. var. delicatulus Fernald
TRCAC6	Trichophorum caespitosum (L.) Hartm. var. callosum (Bigelow) Mohlenbr., orth. var.
TRCA30	Trichophorum caespitosum (L.) Hartm., orth. var.

Classification

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Rank	Scientific Name and Common Name
Kingdom	Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision	Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division	Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class	Liliopsida – Monocotyledons
Subclass	Commelinidae
Order	Cyperales
Family	Cyperaceae – Sedge family
Genus	Trichophorum Pers. – bulrush
Species	Trichophorum cespitosum (L.) Hartm. – tufted bulrush

Subordinate Taxa

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Legal Status

Threatened and Endangered Information:
This plant is listed by the U.S. federal government or a state. Common names are from state and federal lists. Click on a place name to get a complete protected plant list for that location.
Illinois Scirpus cespitosus tufted bulrush Endangered
New York Scirpus cespitosus deer's hair sedge Threatened
Tennessee tufted club-rush Endangered
Wisconsin Scirpus cespitosus tufted club-rush Threatened

Wetland Status

Interpreting Wetland Status

Synonyms

TRCA30 Trichophorum caespitosum (L.) Hartm., orth. var.

North America
Northcentral & Northeast	OBL
Great Plains	OBL
Western Mountains, Valleys, and Coast	OBL
Midwest	OBL
Arid West	OBL
Alaska	OBL
Eastern Mountains and Piedmont	OBL