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HARDSTEM BULRUSH (Scirpus acutus) 



Fresh and alkali marshes inland from British Columbia to Newfound- 

 land, California, Texas and North Carolina; and fresh and brackish 

 marshes along the Pacific coast and along the Atlantic south to Virginia. 



Stems as tall as a man to much taller, usually dark-green and firm. 



Resembles Softstem, Southern and Slender Bulrushes but the branches 

 of the heads are stiff, not droopy. 



SOFTSTEM BULRUSH 

 (Scirpus validus; includes steinmetzii) 



Fresh marshes inland from Alaska 

 to Newfoundland, California, Texas 

 and Florida; and fresh and brackish 

 marshes along each coast. 



Stems waist-high to as tall as a 

 man, usually grayish-green and very 

 easily crushed between fingers. 



Resembles Hardstem Bulrush but 

 the heads are droopy and have smaller 

 spikelets. Resembles Southern Bulrush 

 but most of the spikelets or clusters 

 of spikelets have long stalks, and the 

 stem is rounded. Resembles Slender 

 Bulrush but many of the spikelets are 

 in clusters. 



