PLANTS UNLIKE THOSE OF THE PRECEDING GROUPS AND UNLIKE EACH OTHER 



SWAMP BULRUSH 

 (Scirpus etuberculatus) 



Fresh marshes from 

 Delaware to Louisiana; 

 and in Missouri. 



Three-edged stems 

 with two or three long 

 leaves near the bottom 

 are waist-high to as 

 tall as a man, and 

 usually grow scattered. 



SEASIDE BULRUSH 

 (Scirpus rufus) 



Brackish and salt marshes 

 inland in Saskatchewan and 

 Manitoba, and along the coast 

 from Hudson Bay to New Brunswick. 



Roundish stems are ankle- 

 high to knee-high, and usually 

 grow in patches. Heads are 

 shiny purplish-brown and 

 flattish. 



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