Taxonomic Details for Bolboschoenus robustus
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| Common Name: | sturdy bulrush | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Synonym(s): | Scirpus robustus | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Authority: | (Pursh) Soják | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ITIS TSN: | 507757 (click on the taxonomic serial number to view the ITIS web page) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Habitats: | Salinity Zone: Brackish water, Salinity Zone: Marine | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| GCE Contact: | Steven C. Pennings, University of Houston, Houston, Texas | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| GCE Data Sets: | PLT-GCEM-2511c (GCE-LTER Altamaha River Plant Community Monitoring Survey in October 2025) PLT-GCEM-2411c (GCE-LTER Altamaha River Plant Community Monitoring Survey in October 2024) PLT-GCEM-2411b (Fall 2024 plant monitoring survey -- biomass calculated from shoot height and flowering status of plants in permanent plots at GCE sampling sites 1-10) PLT-GCEM-2411a (Fall 2024 plant monitoring survey -- shoot height and flowering status of plants in permanent plots at GCE sampling sites 1-10) PLT-GCEM-2311b (Fall 2023 plant monitoring survey -- biomass calculated from shoot height and flowering status of plants in permanent plots at GCE sampling sites 1-10) (view all 71 relevant data sets in the GCE Data Catalog) |
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Common along intra-coastal waterway around site GCE 9
B. robustus has large seed heads located about 3/4 of the way up the leaf, which branches into multiple leaves just below the seed heads.
Bolboschoenus plants branch into multiple leaves partway up the stem.
The stem of Bolboschoenus robustus is triangular in cross section
