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SOUTHERN BULRUSH 

 (Scirpus calif ornicus) 



Fresh and alkali 

 marshes inland from Cali- 

 fornia to Arkansas, and 

 in Florida; and fresh and 

 brackish marshes along 

 the California coast and 

 along the southeast coast 

 from Texas to South 

 Carolina. 



Stems as tall as a 

 man to twice as tall, 

 bluntly three-edged, usu- 

 ally dark-green and firm. 



Resembles Softstem 

 Bulrush but most of the 

 spikelets have very short 

 stalks and the stem is 

 bluntly three-edged. 

 Resembles Hardstem Bul- 

 rush but the heads are 

 droopy and the stem is 

 bluntly three-edged. 





SLENDER BULRUSH 

 (Scirpus heterochaetus) 



Fresh marshes in 

 Washington, Idaho and 

 Oregon; and from 

 Montana to Quebec, 

 Oklahoma, Illinois and 

 New York. 



Stems as tall as 

 a man, usually dark- 

 green and firm. 



Resembles 

 Hardstem and Softstem 

 Bulrushes but the 

 spikelets are by them- 

 selves on usually long 

 stalks. 



