WATER BULRUSH 

 (Scirpus subterminalis) 



In as much as 5 

 feet of fresh water in 

 lakes, ponds and slow 

 streams from British 

 Columbia to Oregon and. 

 Wyoming; and Minnesota 

 to Newfoundland, Mis- 

 sissippi and Georgia. 



Usually with many 

 hairlike leaves trailing 

 just under the surface 

 of the water and the 

 tops of a few roundish 

 stems standing above it. 



ALGA BULRUSH 

 (Scirpus confervoides ; 

 formerly Websteria 

 submersa) 



In shallow fresh 

 water from Virginia to 

 Florida. 



Hair like, branched 

 stems up to 3 feet 

 long grow in a tangle 

 just under water. 

 Usually is flowerless, 

 but the top branches 

 sometimes end in a 

 narrow, spikerush-like 

 seed head. 



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