SALTMARSH BULRUSH (Scirpus robustus) 



Brackish and salt coastal marshes- -rare in Washington and Califor- 

 nia; common from New Brunswick to Texas. 



Stems knee-high to shoulder-high. 



Resembles Alkali Bulrush but has deep-brown spikelets with hook- 

 tipped scales, and seeds which in end view are flat on one side and 

 rounded on the other. 



ALKALI BULRUSH 



(Scirpus maritimus; includes 

 paludosus) 



Brackish and salt coastal 

 marshes from British Columbia 

 to California and from Quebec to 

 New Jersey; brackish marshes in 

 central New York; and alkali 

 marshes in the western half of 

 the continent, east as far as 

 Northwest Territories, Minnesota 

 and Texas. 



Stems knee-high to 

 shoulder-high. 



Resembles Saltmarsh Bulrush 

 but has straw-colored to medium- 

 brown spikelets with bristle- 

 tipped scales, and seeds which 

 in end view have almost parallel 

 sides . 



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