Bolboschoenus maritimus (Linnaeus) Palla ssp. paludosus (A. Nelson) T. Koyama. Common name: Alkali Bulrush, Salt-marsh Bulrush. Phenology: Jul-Sep. Habitat: Marshes. Distribution: Interruptedly circumboreal, south in North America to VA (?), NY, MN, MO, OK, TX, and Mexico.
Origin/Endemic status: Native
Synonymy ⓘ: = Can, ETx1, FNA23, Mo1, NE, NS, NY, POWO; Scirpus paludosus A. Nelso; = Scirpus campestris Britton — S13; = Scirpus maritimus L. var. paludosus (A.Nelson) Kük. — GrPl, Tx; < Bolboschoenus maritimus (L.) Palla — Mex, NcTx; < Schoenoplectus maritimus (L.) Lye — Il, K4, Mi, Strong (1994); < Scirpus maritimus L.; > Scirpus maritimus L. var. fernaldii (E.P.Bicknell) Beetle — G; < Scirpus maritimus L. var. maritimus — C; > Scirpus paludosus A. Nelso var. atlanticus Fernald — F; >< Scirpus paludosus A. Nelso var. paludosus — F. Basionym: Scirpus paludosus A. Nelso 1899
Links to other floras: = Bolboschoenus maritimus ssp. paludosus - FNA23
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Wetland Indicator Status:
- Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain: OBL (name change)
- Eastern Mountains and Piedmont: OBL (name change)
- Great Plains: OBL (taxonomic split from wetland indicator species)
- Midwest: OBL (taxonomic split from wetland indicator species)
- Northcentral & Northeast: OBL (taxonomic split from wetland indicator species)
Heliophily ⓘ: 9
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